Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication

CVE-2025-24085

Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CheckOps priority index

6.9/10 Patch within 7 days

Severity10.0

Probability1.8

Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 17.5% higher than 97.1% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:

Exploited for 643 days 29 Jan 2025

CISA due date 19 Feb 2025 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)29 Jan 2025
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)29 Jan 2025
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %17.5%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

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

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

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.

Affected products

visionOStvOSmacOSiOS and iPadOSiPadOSwatchOSMultiple Products

Affected versions

0 <2.3
0 <18.3
0 <15.3
0 <14.7.5
0 <13.7.5
0 <17.7.6
0 <11.3

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

27 Jan 2025
Published
29 Jan 2025
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
29 Jan 2025
Added to the KEV catalog
19 Feb 2025
CISA remediation due date
25 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 17.5%

References

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