CVE-2025-31246 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Macos

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MacosApple Macos SequoiaApple Macos Sonoma
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6. Connecting to a malicious AFP server may corrupt kernel memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Appleapple/macos_sonoma14.7.6
▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 15.5
▶NVDapple/macos15.0 — 15.5+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-5f3f-773x-9jx9: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2025-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2025-31246: macOS Sequoia 15.5↗2025-05-12
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Apple
CVE-2025-31246: macOS Sonoma 14.7.6↗2025-05-12
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CVE-2025-31246 — Apple Macos vulnerability | cvebase