CVE-2025-24085

critical

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.

References

https://github.com/JGoyd/Glass-Cage-iOS18-CVE-2025-24085-CVE-2025-24201

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/31

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/30

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/23

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/1

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/19

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/19

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/15

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/13

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/12

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/5

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10

https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/apple-issues-security-updates-after-two.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-fixes-two-zero-day-flaws-exploited-in-sophisticated-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-backports-zero-day-patches-to-older-iphones-and-ipads/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/apple-patches-cve-2025-43300-zero-day.html

https://securityaffairs.com/181394/security/apple-addressed-the-seventh-actively-exploited-zero-day.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-emergency-updates-fix-new-actively-exploited-zero-day/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-patches-security-flaw-exploited-in-chrome-zero-day-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/apple-patches-two-actively-exploited.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-fixes-two-zero-days-exploited-in-targeted-iphone-attacks/

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-recent-zero-days-in-older-iphones/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-backports-zero-day-patches-to-older-iphones-and-macs/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/apple-backports-critical-fixes-for-3.html

https://www.darkreading.com/mobile-security/apple-drops-another-webkit-zero-day-bug

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-webkit-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/apple-releases-patch-for-webkit-zero.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/apple-patches-actively-exploited-ios.html

https://securityaffairs.com/174066/hacking/apple-fixes-iphone-and-ipad-bug-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attacks.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/29/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-first-exploited-ios-zero-day-of-2025/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/apple-patches-actively-exploited-zero.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/01/27/ios-183-update-now-warning-issued-to-all-iphone-users/

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/apple-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-vulnerability

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-fixes-this-years-first-actively-exploited-zero-day-bug/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24085

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122073

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122072

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122071

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066

https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/194

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-27

Updated: 2026-04-03

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.277