About the security content of visionOS 2.3
This document describes the security content of visionOS 2.3.
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visionOS 2.3
Released January 27, 2025
AirPlay
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory
Description: An input validation issue was addressed.
CVE-2025-24126: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
AirPlay
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24129: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
AirPlay
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An attacker in a privileged position may be able to perform a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24131: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
AirPlay
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24137: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)
ARKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24127: Minghao Lin (@Y1nKoc), babywu, and Xingwei Lin of Zhejiang University
CoreAudio
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24160: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-24161: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-24163: Google Threat Analysis Group
CoreMedia
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24123: Desmond working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2025-24124: Pwn2car & Rotiple (HyeongSeok Jang) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CoreMedia
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2025-24085
ImageIO
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24086: DongJun Kim (@smlijun) and JongSeong Kim (@nevul37) in Enki WhiteHat, D4m0n
Kernel
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-24159: pattern-f (@pattern_F_)
LaunchServices
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An app may be able to fingerprint the user
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2025-24117: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas (@biscuit@social.lol)
Safari
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
CVE-2025-24113: @RenwaX23
SceneKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-24149: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
WebContentFilter
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-24154: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: A maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user
Description: The issue was addressed with improved access restrictions to the file system.
WebKit Bugzilla: 283117
CVE-2025-24143: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 283889
CVE-2025-24158: Q1IQ (@q1iqF) of NUS CuriOSity and P1umer (@p1umer) of Imperial Global Singapore
WebKit
Available for: Apple Vision Pro
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 284159
CVE-2025-24162: linjy of HKUS3Lab and chluo of WHUSecLab
Additional recognition
Audio
We would like to acknowledge Google Threat Analysis Group for their assistance.
CoreAudio
We would like to acknowledge Google Threat Analysis Group for their assistance.
CoreMedia Playback
We would like to acknowledge Song Hyun Bae (@bshyuunn) and Lee Dong Ha (Who4mI) for their assistance.
Files
We would like to acknowledge Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup for their assistance.
Guest User
We would like to acknowledge Jake Derouin for their assistance.
Passwords
We would like to acknowledge Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. @mysk_co for their assistance.
Static Linker
We would like to acknowledge Holger Fuhrmannek for their assistance.
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