CVE-2025-24159: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.4, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.4 (fixed in 17.7.4); from 18.0, before 18.3 (fixed in 18.3)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.3 (fixed in 18.3)
• Apple macOS: before 14.7.3 (fixed in 14.7.3); from 15.0, before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple tvOS: before 18.3 (fixed in 18.3)
• Apple visionOS: before 2.3 (fixed in 2.3)
• Apple watchOS: before 11.3 (fixed in 11.3)

Published 2025-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.