This document describes the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.5.
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Released May 12, 2025
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Connecting to a malicious AFP server may corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-31246: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted AFP network share may lead to system termination
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31240: Dave G.
CVE-2025-31237: Dave G.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-31260: Thomas Völkl (@vollkorntomate), SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31251: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2025-31235: Dillon Franke working with Google Project Zero
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24222: wac working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-31212: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31208: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-31209: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2025-31239: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31233: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls.
CVE-2025-31236: Kirin@Pwnrin and LFY@secsys from Fudan University
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-30443: Bohdan Stasiuk (@bohdan_stasiuk)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31226: Saagar Jha
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31232: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24224: Tony Iskow (@Tybbow)
Entry added July 29, 2025
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2025-31241: Christian Kohlschütter
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-31219: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) and Lucas Leong (@_wmliang_) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Multiple issues in libexpat, including unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-8176
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to bypass ASLR
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-30440: Paweł Płatek (Trail of Bits)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31222: Paweł Płatek (Trail of Bits)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An input validation issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-24274: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to observe the hostnames of new network connections
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-31218: Adam M.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Hot corner may unexpectedly reveal a user’s deleted notes
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2025-31256: Sourabhkumar Mishra
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2025-24142: LFY@secsys from Fudan University
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Multiple issues in OpenSSH
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2025-26465
CVE-2025-26466
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31234: CertiK (@CertiK)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31245: wac
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A file quarantine bypass was addressed with additional checks.
CVE-2025-31244: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-31258: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31249: Ryan Dowd (@_rdowd)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31224: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-31221: Dave G.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access associated usernames and websites in a user's iCloud Keychain
Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
CVE-2025-31213: Kirin (@Pwnrin) and 7feilee
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An attacker may gain access to protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2025-31247: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31259: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2025-31242: Eric Dorphy of Twin Cities App Dev LLC
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls.
CVE-2025-31250: Noah Gregory (wts.dev)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data.
CVE-2025-31220: Adam M.
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A type confusion issue could lead to memory corruption
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of floats.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286694
CVE-2025-24213: Google V8 Security Team
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 289387
CVE-2025-31223: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
WebKit Bugzilla: 289653
CVE-2025-31238: wac working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 288814
CVE-2025-31215: Jiming Wang and Jikai Ren
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 291506
CVE-2025-31204: Nan Wang(@eternalsakura13)
WebKit Bugzilla: 287577
CVE-2025-24223: rheza (@ginggilBesel) and an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 290834
CVE-2025-31206: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 289677
CVE-2025-31217: Ignacio Sanmillan (@ulexec)
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 290992
CVE-2025-31205: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
Available for: macOS Sequoia
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: This issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 290985
CVE-2025-31257: Juergen Schmied of Lynck GmbH
We would like to acknowledge Dalibor Milanovic for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge IES Red Team of ByteDance for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge iisBuri for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Andrei-Alexandru Bleorțu, Dmytro Merkulov for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge YingQi Shi (@Mas0nShi) of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge @RenwaX23, Akash Labade, Narendra Bhati, Manager of Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Kirin@Pwnrin and LFY@secsys from Fudan University, Tal Lossos, Zhongquan Li (@Guluisacat) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Candace Jensen of Kandji, Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup, Egor Filatov (Positive Technologies), Marcio Almeida from Tanto Security, Monnier Pascaud, Ron Masas of BREAKPOINT.SH for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Mike Dougherty and Daniel White of Google Chrome and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji for their assistance.