$ cve CVE-2025-24085 JSON

CVE-2025-24085 KEV EXPLOIT

10.0

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 17.5% (pctl 97)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-02-19.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	17.51% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-416
On CISA KEV	yes — remediate by 2025-02-19
Public exploit	yes
Published	2025-01-27
Last modified	2026-06-17

CISA KEV

Name	Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Added	2025-01-29
Due	2025-02-19
Vendor / product	Apple / Multiple Products
Ransomware use	none reported

Affected (6)

Vendor	Product
apple	ipados
apple	iphone os
apple	macos
apple	tvos
apple	visionos
apple	watchos

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	macOS LaunchDaemon iOS 17.2 - Privilege Escalation	2025-06-05

References

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