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Critical · 10.0 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2025-24085 EUVD-2025-3607GHSA-7h23-57pg-3hwc

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…

Published Jan 27, 2025 · Updated Apr 2, 2026 · Assigned by apple

Vendor: Apple Product: iOS and iPadOS Product: iPadOS Product: macOS Product: tvOS Product: visionOS Product: watchOS Platform: iOS Platform: macOS

Description

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apple iOS and iPadOS < 18.3 18.3
Apple iPadOS < 17.7.6 17.7.6
Apple macOS < 13.7.5, < 14.7.5, < 15.3 13.7.5
Apple tvOS < 18.3 18.3
Apple visionOS < 2.3 2.3
Apple watchOS < 11.3 11.3

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

  • JGoyd/Glass-Cage-iOS18-CVE-2025-24085-CVE-2025-24201 ★ 42 · Aug 23, 2025

    Glass Cage is a zero-click PNG-based RCE chain in iOS 18.2.1, bypassing LockDown mode protection by exploiting ImageIO (CVE-2025-43300), then WebKit(CVE-2025-24201) and Core Media(CVE-2025-24085) to …

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