App termination via unchecked file parsing
Published Jan 27, 2025 · Updated Jun 2, 2026
Denial of service in Apple CoreMedia on affected iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS releases allows attackers to crash an app. The CoreMedia file parser applies insufficient checks to untrusted file data; Apple has not disclosed the exact parser routine or invalid field. An affected app must parse the file, and the reported consequence is app termination rather than system shutdown or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Apple CoreMedia on affected iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS releases allows attackers to crash an app. The CoreMedia file parser applies insufficient checks to untrusted file data; Apple has not disclosed the exact parser routine or invalid field. An affected app must parse the file, and the reported consequence is app termination rather than system shutdown or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24123
- Published
- Jan 27, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <18.3
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