Apple macOS Integer Overflow Root Escalation Fixed in 14.8.3/15.7.3
CVE-2025-46285 Published on December 12, 2025
An integer overflow was addressed by adopting 64-bit timestamps. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2. An app may be able to gain root privileges.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-46285 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. An integer overflow or wraparound occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may wrap to become a very small or negative number. While this may be intended behavior in circumstances that rely on wrapping, it can have security consequences if the wrap is unexpected. This is especially the case if the integer overflow can be triggered using user-supplied inputs. This becomes security-critical when the result is used to control looping, make a security decision, or determine the offset or size in behaviors such as memory allocation, copying, concatenation, etc.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-46285
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Affected Versions
Apple iOS and iPadOS:- Version unspecified and below 18.7 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 14.8 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 15.7 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 26.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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