Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2025-24085)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unknown · Since 2025-01-29 · CVE-2025-24085
Apple iOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain a user-after-free vulnerability that could allow a malicious application to elevate privileges. CISA added CVE-2025-24085 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 29, 2025, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Feb 19, 2025 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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