Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-24252

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4. An attacker on the local network may be able to corrupt process memory.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.4
Apple iPadOS 0 – before 17.7.6
Apple macOS 0 – before 13.7.50 – before 14.7.50 – before 15.4
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18.4
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2.4

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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