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Actively exploited · Published Jan 27, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-24085

Critical 10.0 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity use-after-free in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 29, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 17.4% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)17.4%top 2.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jan 29, 2025
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

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

Federal agencies must remediate by Feb 19, 2025.

Official description

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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.3
Apple iPadOS 0 – before 17.7.6
Apple macOS 0 – before 13.7.50 – before 14.7.50 – before 15.3
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18.3
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2.3
Apple watchOS 0 – before 11.3

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

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