What is CVE-2025-12444?

CVE-2025-12444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2025-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-12444?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Apple macOS

CVE-2025-12444

Incorrect security UI in Fullscreen UI in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2025-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
issues.chromium.org/issues/390571618 (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12444?: CVE-2025-12444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2025-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-12444?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.