CVE-2025-24234 (GCVE-0-2025-24234)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-31 22:23
Modified
2026-04-02 18:23
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Summary
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: 0   < 13.7.5
Version: 0   < 14.7.5
Version: 0   < 15.4
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