CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-24085
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Apple Multiple Products
Apple iOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain a user-after-free vulnerability that could allow a malicious application to elevate privileges.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-01-29
- Remediation due
- 2025-02-19
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122071 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122072 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122073 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24085
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.3, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 17.7.6)
• apple ipados (>= 18.0 < 18.3)
• apple iphone os (< 18.3)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.7.5)
• apple macos (>= 14.0 < 14.7.5)
• apple macos (>= 15.0 < 15.3)
• apple tvos (< 18.3)
• apple visionos (< 2.3)
• apple watchos (< 11.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122071 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122072 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122073 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/19 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/19 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/23 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/30 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/31 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/JGoyd/Glass-Cage-iOS18-CVE-2025-24085-CVE-2025-24201 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/194 Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24085 US Government Resource