Overview
CVE-2025-24189 is a critical security vulnerability that has been identified in multiple popular operating systems and devices, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Safari. The vulnerability, which stems from the improper processing of maliciously crafted web content, can potentially lead to memory corruption and compromise the security of the system. Given the widespread usage of these operating systems and devices, this vulnerability has the potential to impact millions of users worldwide, making it a significant cybersecurity concern.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-24189
Severity: High (8.8 CVSS score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Impact: Memory corruption and potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Safari | 18.2 and earlier
visionOS | 2.2 and earlier
iOS | 18.2 and earlier
iPadOS | 18.2 and earlier
macOS Sequoia | 15.2 and earlier
watchOS | 11.2 and earlier
tvOS | 18.2 and earlier
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability exploits a flaw in the way the affected operating systems process certain types of web content. If a user navigates to a web page or is persuaded to click on a link that contains maliciously crafted content, the flaw in the system’s processing can lead to memory corruption. This, in turn, could give an attacker the ability to execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.
Conceptual Example Code
Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited using a maliciously crafted HTTP request.
GET /malicious-web-content HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 18_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.2 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1
{ "malicious_payload": "..." }Mitigation
The vendors have already addressed the issue in the latest versions of their respective software (Safari 18.3, visionOS 2.3, iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3). Users are strongly advised to update their systems to the latest versions as soon as possible. Until the updates can be applied, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation measures.