NVD / CVE Program· CNA apple

CVE-2024-54525: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.61% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, macOS Sequoia 15.2, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, watchOS 11.2. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

BDU:2025-03272

Published: Mar 17, 2025
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.6% · 49th percentile
CWE: CWE-434

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

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Vendor	Product	CPE
apple	ipados	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados
apple	iphone os	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os
apple	macos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos
apple	tvos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos
apple	visionos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos
apple	watchos	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

apple ipadosbefore 18.2
apple iphone osbefore 18.2
apple macosbefore 15.2
apple tvosbefore 18.2
apple visionosbefore 2.2
apple watchosbefore 11.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apple). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Apple iOS and iPadOS
- before 18.2affected
Apple macOS
- before 15.2affected
Apple tvOS
- before 18.2affected
Apple visionOS
- before 2.2affected
Apple watchOS
- before 11.2affected

Same product

apple: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2025-43300An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.KEV
90Now
CVE-2021-30860An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.KEV
84Now
CVE-2023-41064A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.KEV
77This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-48610Mar 10, 2025 · This issue was addressed through improved state management.
22Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-44276Mar 17, 2025 · This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.
29Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-54564Mar 20, 2025 · This issue was addressed through improved state management.
26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).