# MA-1251.022025: MyCERT Advisory - Critical Vulnerability in Apple macOS Kernel

**Date:** 05 Feb 2025  
**Source:** https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-1251.022025  
**Advisory ID:** MA-1251.022025

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**1.0 Introduction**
Recently, Apple has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-24118) in Apple’s macOS kernel (XNU).
**2.0 Impact**
A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to escalate privileges, corrupt memory, and potentially execute code with kernel-level permissions.
**3.0 Affected Products**
- macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.3
- macOS Squoia versions prior to 15.3
- iPadOS versions prior to 17.7.4
**4.0 Recommendations**
CyberSecurity Malaysia encourages users and administrators to review the [Apple security release](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222) and apply the necessary updates:
- macOS Sonoma: <https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069>
- macOS Squoia: <https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068>
- iPadOS: <https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067>
Generally, we advise users to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.
For further enquiries, please contact the Cyber999 Incident Response Centre through the following channels:
E-mail: cyber999[at]cybersecurity.my 
Phone: 1-300-88-2999 (monitored during business hours) 
Mobile: +60 19 2665850 (24x7 call incident reporting) 
Business Hours: Mon - Fri 08:30 -17:30 MYT 
Web: [https://www.mycert.org.my](https://www.mycert.org.my/) 
**5.0 References**
- <https://support.apple.com/en-us/122067>
- <https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068>
- <https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24118>