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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2025-24237

High
9.8/10

Summary

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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