CVE-2025-24165
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Unexpected System Termination in macOS

Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-24165, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-06-11

Last updated on: 2026-06-15

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

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Published
2026-06-11
Last Modified
2026-06-15
Generated
2026-07-02
AI Q&A
2026-06-11
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-30
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Affected Vendors & Products

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Vendor Product Version / Range
apple macos From 13.0 (inc) to 13.7.5 (exc)
apple macos From 14.0 (inc) to 14.7.5 (exc)
apple macos From 15.0 (inc) to 15.4 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID Description
CWE-284 The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a permissions issue in certain versions of macOS. It was addressed by adding additional restrictions to prevent an application from causing unexpected system termination.

Impact Analysis

An application exploiting this vulnerability may be able to cause the system to terminate unexpectedly, which could lead to loss of data or disruption of services.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, update your macOS system to one of the fixed versions: macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, or macOS Ventura 13.7.5.

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