CVE-2025-24085 (GCVE-0-2025-24085)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-27 21:45
Modified
2026-04-02 18:13
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • 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.
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: 0   < 18.3
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   Apple iPadOS Version: 0   < 17.7.6
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   Apple macOS Version: 0   < 13.7.5
Version: 0   < 14.7.5
Version: 0   < 15.3
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   Apple tvOS Version: 0   < 18.3
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   Apple visionOS Version: 0   < 2.3
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   Apple watchOS Version: 0   < 11.3
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2025-01-29

Due date: 2025-02-19

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

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

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