CVE-2025-46280 (GCVE-0-2025-46280)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 21:32 – Updated: 2026-05-27 00:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-27 00:15 UTC
CWE
- An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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