CVE-2025-24247 Denial of service in macOS
An attacker can cause unexpected application termination in macOS due to a type confusion issue, requiring users to apply security updates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24247?
CVE-2025-24247 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 31 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24247?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24247?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24247 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-2025-24247 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24247 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h94m-mjfh-2g77.