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CVE-2025-24085: Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-01-29
• EPSS: 17.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.6; from 18.0 before 18.3 — fixed in 17.7.6, 18.3
• Apple Iphone Os: before 18.3 — fixed in 18.3
• Apple macOS: from 13.0 before 13.7.5; from 14.0 before 14.7.5; from 15.0 before 15.3 — fixed in 13.7.5, 14.7.5, 15.3
• Apple tvOS: before 18.3 — fixed in 18.3
• Apple visionOS: before 2.3 — fixed in 2.3
• Apple watchOS: before 11.3 — fixed in 11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 17.7.6, 18.3; Apple Iphone Os 18.3; Apple macOS 13.7.5, 14.7.5, 15.3; Apple tvOS 18.3; Apple visionOS 2.3; Apple watchOS 11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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://support.apple.com/en-us/122372
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/5
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/12

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