CVE-2025-24085
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2025-01-29. Federal due date: 2025-02-19.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Public exploit code
Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.
- macOS LaunchDaemon iOS 17.2 - Privilege Escalation2025-06-05 · local · macos
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 17.7.6 from 18.0 before 18.3 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 18.3 |
| Apple | Macos | from 13.0 before 13.7.5 from 14.0 before 14.7.5 from 15.0 before 15.3 |
| Apple | Tvos | before 18.3 |
| Apple | Visionos | before 2.3 |
| Apple | Watchos | before 11.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- 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
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/13
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/19
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/19
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/1
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/30
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/31
- https://github.com/JGoyd/Glass-Cage-iOS18-CVE-2025-24085-CVE-2025-24201
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/194
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24085