Apple · Multiple Products
CVE-2025-24085
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
What it is
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.
CISA: Apple iOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain a user-after-free vulnerability that could allow a malicious application to elevate privileges.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Deadline for US federal agencies: February 19, 2025
- Added to the CISA list
- January 29, 2025
- Published
- January 27, 2025
- Severity
- Critical 10.0 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 18% in the top 2.9% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (8)
- 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
More exploited flaws from Apple
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Multiple Products | High 8.8 | 26% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Buffer Overflow | Multiple Products | High 8.8 | 1.7% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Improper Locking | Multiple Products | High 7.8 | 0.4% |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Classic Buffer Overflow | Multiple Products | Medium 5.5 | 0.4% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | Multiple Products | High 8.8 | 7.0% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Use-After-Free | Multiple Products | High 8.8 | 4.0% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Multiple Buffer Overflow | Multiple Products | High 7.8 | 1.7% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Use-After-Free WebKit | Multiple Products | High 8.8 | 26% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.