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CVE-2025-24085

Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 10 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.13072
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

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

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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

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apple ipados< 17.7.6
apple ipados>= 18.0 and < 18.3
apple iphone os< 18.3
apple macos>= 13.0 and < 13.7.5
apple macos>= 14.0 and < 14.7.5
apple macos>= 15.0 and < 15.3
apple tvos< 18.3
apple visionos< 2.3
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
localmacOS LaunchDaemon iOS 17.2 - Privilege Escalation2025-06-05
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

10
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · product-security@apple.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD27 Jan 2025 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
SSVC asks the questions that actually drive patch urgency: is it being exploited, can attacks be automated, and how total is the impact.
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Vendor Advisories

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apple-security122372
apple-security122374
apple-security122375
cisaKEV-CVE-2025-24085
apple-security122073
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/12Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/13Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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