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CVE-2025-24200

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 10, 2025 at 07:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:58 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendoriPhone OSiPadOS

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score4.5%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 4.5% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 91% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Apple iOS and iPadOS contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that allows a physical attacker to disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device.

Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Feb 12, 2025
Remediation Due
Mar 5, 2025
600 days overdue
Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24200

Description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.5, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1. A physical attack may disable USB Restricted Mode on a locked device. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPadOS· Apple
95%
v < 15.8.4v < 16.7.11v < 18.3.116.0 ≤ v < 16.7.1117.0 ≤ v ≤ 17.7.518.0 ≤ v < 18.3.1
Affected range stops below 15.8.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.7.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.7.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
iPhone OS· Apple
95%
v < 15.8.416.0 ≤ v < 16.7.1117.0 ≤ v < 18.3.1
Affected range stops below 18.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Feb/8
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122345
Release NotesVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122346
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/7
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24200

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.1MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-863

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