CVE-2025-24200
Apple iOS and iPadOS: Incorrect Authorization
As of , CVE-2025-24200 in Apple iOS and iPadOS is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 12 February 2025
- US federal deadline
- 5 March 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.04Higher than 91% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 12 February 2025EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.apple.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Apple iOS and iPadOS contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows a physical attacker to disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.
CISA's description
An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 17.7.5. A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.
The CVE record's description, from apple
- CVE published
- 10 February 2025
- Assigned by
- apple
- CVSS
- 6.1 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-863
- Incorrect Authorization
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
iOS and iPadOS: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-30983Buffer Overflow | Apple iOS and iPadOS | Patch soon | 0.03 | ||
| CVE-2023-41974Use-After-Free | Apple iOS and iPadOS | Patch soon | 0.02 | ||
| CVE-2023-42824Kernel Privilege Escalation | Apple iOS and iPadOS | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2022-42827Out-of-Bounds Write | Apple iOS and iPadOS | Patch soon | 0.01 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org