Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-24271

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity type confusion in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions. 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, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4. An unauthenticated user on the same network as a signed-in Mac could send it AirPlay commands without pairing.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.4
Apple iPadOS 0 – before 17.7.6
Apple macOS 0 – before 13.7.50 – before 14.7.50 – before 15.4
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18.4
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2.4

Weakness: CWE-843, CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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