CVE-2025-24085 on CISA KEV

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 eleva

01What CISA says about this 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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

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

03Notes & references

• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122068
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122071
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122072
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122073
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122372
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/5

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

Open the Sigma generator with a pre-filled prompt for this CVE to draft a starting detection:

Open in Sigma generator →