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AppleExploited incident

Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2025-24085Critical, CVSS 10.0In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 29 Jan 2025

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FixedFixed for every supported version on the day it became public.

Response

Silence
same day
First public report to first vendor statementUnverified source
Exposure
same day
First public report to first fix
Follow-through
same day
First public report to a fix for every supported versionUnverified source
  • Vendor silent
  • Vendor statement, no fix
  • Fixed for some versions
  • Fixed when disclosed
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  1. First public report

    CVE.org record CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified

    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,

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    Apple advisory 122066/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote not found in archive27 Jan 2025

    iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3: CoreMedia. Impact: 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

    The vendor's own disclosure.

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    Bluesky postClaimedQuote not checked yet27 Jan 2025, 18:35 UTC

    🐛 CVE-2025-24085 (CoreMedia):

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    CISA KEV (CVE-2025-24085)ClaimedQuote verified29 Jan 2025

    Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    Added to CISA's KEV catalog on 2025-01-29.

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    Hacker NewsClaimedQuote not checked yet31 Mar 2025, 11:23 UTC

    looking into these recently (in no particular order): SeaK [2], ViK[3] and Safeslab [4]. [1] https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-24085/ [2] https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity24/presentat... [3] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3503222.3507780 [4] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3658

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  2. Vendor statement

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    Apple advisory 122066/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote not found in archive

    iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3: CoreMedia. Impact: 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

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    Apple advisory 122068/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

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    Apple advisory 122071/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

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    Apple advisory 122072/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

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    Apple advisory 122073/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

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    Apple advisory 122372/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified31 Mar 2025

    Released March 31, 2025

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    Apple advisory 122374/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified31 Mar 2025

    Released March 31, 2025

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    Apple advisory 122375/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified31 Mar 2025

    Released March 31, 2025

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  3. First workaround

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  4. First fix

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    Apple advisory 122066/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified

    Released January 27, 2025

    fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122068/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

    fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.3; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122071/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

    fixed in watchOS 11.3; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122072/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

    fixed in tvOS 18.3; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122073/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified27 Jan 2025

    Released January 27, 2025

    fixed in visionOS 2.3; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122372/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified31 Mar 2025

    Released March 31, 2025

    fixed in iPadOS 17.7.6; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122374/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified31 Mar 2025

    Released March 31, 2025

    fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.7.5; one candidate per OS branch

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    Apple advisory 122375/CVE-2025-24085ClaimedQuote verified31 Mar 2025

    Released March 31, 2025

    fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5; one candidate per OS branch

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  5. Fixed for all versions

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    Apple advisory 122066/CVE-2025-24085Inferred

    iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3: CoreMedia. Impact: 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

    Patch-day rule: Apple ships fixes in the advisory that discloses a bug, and this advisory states that fixed versions exist. So the vendor statement, first fix and fix for all versions all take the advisory's publication time.

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Affected products

  • Multiple Products
  • iPadOS 17.7.6
  • macOS Sonoma 14.7.5
  • macOS Ventura 13.7.5
  • visionOS 2.3
  • iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3
  • macOS Sequoia 15.3
  • watchOS 11.3
  • tvOS 18.3

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