Critical 10.0Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Jan 27, 2025

CVE-2025-24085A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:50 PM ET)

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It affects Apple iOS and iPadOS and 6 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

CISA lists it as known exploited since Jan 29, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Feb 19, 2025. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 10.0 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Jan 29, 2025; federal remediation due Feb 19, 2025Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 17.51% (percentile 97)
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 2, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	before 18.3	CNA record
Apple iPadOS apple:ipados (from the name)	before 17.7.6	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	before 13.7.5; before 14.7.5; before 15.3	CNA record
Apple tvOS apple:tvos (from the name)	before 18.3	CNA record
Apple visionOS apple:visionos (from the name)	before 2.3	CNA record
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name)	before 11.3	CNA record
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 17.7.6; from 18.0 before 18.3	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 18.3	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 13.0 before 13.7.5; from 14.0 before 14.7.5; from 15.0 before 15.3	NVD
apple tvos apple:tvos	before 18.3	NVD
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References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122071	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122072	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122073	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375	release-notes, vendor-advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/5	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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