CVE-2025-24085
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- EPSS score
- 17.5% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- Yes, added January 29, 2025
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2025-3607)
- Published
- January 27, 2025
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Added to the KEV catalog on January 29, 2025; federal remediation due February 19, 2025.
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-3607 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on April 2, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / ipados
- apple / iphone os
- apple / macos
- apple / tvos
- apple / visionos
- apple / watchos
Certified products that may be affected
27 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple macOS 15 Sequoia - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11648-2026 - active
- Apple macOS 14 Sonoma - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11584-2025 - active
- Apple iOS 18: iPhone - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11623-2025 - active
- Apple iPadOS 18: iPad - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11624-2025 - active
- Apple iPadOS 17: iPad - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11447-2025 - active
See all 27 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- 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://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)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24085(US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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