{"id":34491,"date":"2025-05-05T00:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T00:05:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-07T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:20:14","slug":"cve-2025-24252-critical-memory-management-flaw-in-multiple-macos-and-tvos-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24252-critical-memory-management-flaw-in-multiple-macos-and-tvos-versions\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-24252: Critical Memory Management Flaw in Multiple macOS and tvOS Versions<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we delve into the nitty-gritty aspects of a critical cybersecurity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-24252. This vulnerability primarily affects users of the macOS and tvOS platforms, along with a few other related systems. The flaw in question is a use-after-free issue, which has been effectively addressed through improved memory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-43958-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-hospital-management-system-v4-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39702\">management in later versions of these operating systems<\/a>. The consequences of this vulnerability are significant, given its potential to allow an attacker on the local network to corrupt process memory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32843-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-authorization-bypass-and-data-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39607\">leading to potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-24252<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: System Compromise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50612-escalation-of-privileges-and-data-leakage-in-fit2cloud-cloud-explorer-lite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41282\">Data Leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3231180815\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31244-file-quarantine-bypass-vulnerability-in-macos-sequoia-15-5\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47855\">macOS Sequoia<\/a> | Up to 15.3<br \/>\ntvOS | Up to 18.3<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-47915-kernel-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-macos-ventura-13\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47772\">macOS Ventura<\/a> | Up to 13.7.4<br \/>\niPadOS | Up to 17.7.5<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-42826-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-macos-sonoma-14\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51608\">macOS Sonoma<\/a> | Up to 14.7.4<br \/>\niOS | Up to 18.3<br \/>\niPadOS | Up to 18.3<br \/>\nvisionOS | Up to 2.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from a use-after-free issue in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-44755-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sacco-management-system-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39606\">memory management<\/a> of the affected systems. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55157-vim-text-editor-use-after-free-vulnerability-resulting-in-memory-corruption\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74991\">use-after-free issue occurs when a piece of memory<\/a> is used after it has been freed. This can lead to various types of exploits, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-40446-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-forkosh-mime-tex\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39888\">executing arbitrary code<\/a> or causing a denial of service. In this case, an attacker on the local network can exploit this issue to corrupt process memory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32857-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39889\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1748156106\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23394-critical-unix-symbolic-link-following-vulnerability-in-opensuse-tumbleweed-cyrus-imapd\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74993\">following is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited. Please note that this is a high-level representation and the exact exploit would vary depending on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43192-critical-configuration-issue-in-macos-allowing-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74992\">system configuration<\/a> and network setup:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Attacker sends a request to a system process that uses the vulnerable memory space\nsend_request(&quot;system_process&quot;, &quot;trigger_use_after_free&quot;)\n# The system process uses the freed memory space, corrupting the process memory\ncorrupt_memory(&quot;system_process&quot;)\n# The attacker gains unauthorized access or leaks data\nexploit(&quot;system_process&quot;)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31928-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-lambertgroup-multimedia-responsive-carousel\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50570\">response to this vulnerability<\/a>, it is strongly recommended to apply vendor patches or use Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) as temporary mitigation. However, the most effective solution is to update affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79771\">systems to the versions<\/a> where the issue has been fixed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this post, we delve into the nitty-gritty aspects of a critical cybersecurity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-24252. This vulnerability primarily affects users of the macOS and tvOS platforms, along with a few other related systems. The flaw in question is a use-after-free issue, which has been effectively addressed through improved memory management in later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[77],"product":[],"attack_vector":[87],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-34491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-apple","attack_vector-dos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34491"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72207,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491\/revisions\/72207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=34491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}