CVE-2025-24112 Denial of service in macOS
An attacker can cause unexpected application termination by parsing a malicious file, affecting macOS users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24112?
CVE-2025-24112 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 27 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3. Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24112?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24112?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-24112 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24112 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86c2-r56g-p9g8.