CVE-2025-24085: Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 2 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 17.5%
EPSS score, percentile 97.1 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- before 18.3
- before 17.7.6
- before 13.7.5
- before 14.7.5
- before 15.3
- before 18.3
and 2 more in the table below
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24085
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 18.3 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 17.7.6 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 13.7.5 |
| Affected | before 14.7.5 |
| Affected | before 15.3 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 18.3 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 2.3 |
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 11.3 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
Apple iOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain a user-after-free vulnerability that could allow a malicious application to elevate privileges.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2025-24085 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 29 Jan 2025.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 19 Feb 2025.
- The CVE record was published on 27 Jan 2025, 2 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 (Critical), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.5% (percentile 97.1), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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| CISA due date for the required action | |
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References
- support.apple.com
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