Vulnerability in Apple macOS
CVE-2025-30444
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5. Mounting a maliciously crafted SMB network share may lead to system termination.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apple macOS — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/122373 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122374 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/122375 (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-30444?
- CVE-2025-30444 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-31.
- How severe is CVE-2025-30444?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-30444 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.