CVE-2025-24252: Use After Free

Published Mar 31, 2025
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Updated

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4. An attacker on the local network may be able to corrupt process memory.

Other sources

Accessibility. A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.

— Apple

AccountPolicy. This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

— Apple

Accounts. This issue was addressed with improved data access restriction.

— Apple

AirDrop. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

— Apple

AirPlay. A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved input validation.

— Apple

Credit

Ron Masas(BREAKPOINT), Uri Katz (Oligo Security), Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Denis Tokarev@@illusionofcha0s, Google Threat Analysis Group, wac(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), pattern-f@@pattern_F_, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), an anonymous researcher, CVE-2024-9681, LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @social.lol@@biscuit, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), CVE-2024-48958, CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2024-56171, Alex Radocea(Supernetworks), Dave G.(Supernetworks), 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy, Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Jimmy, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Bohdan Stasiuk@@bohdan_stasiuk, Gary Kwong, Paul Bakker(ParagonERP), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, rheza@@ginggilBesel, Yutong Xiu@@Sou1gh0st, CVE-2025-24085, Jax Reissner, @@RenwaX23, Andrew James Gonzalez, Richard Hyunho Im with routezero.security@@richeeta, YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Apple, Lukas Bernhard, Tashita Software Security, Xiangwei Zhang(Tencent Security YUNDING LAB), linjy(HKUS3Lab), chluo(WHUSecLab), Brendon Tiszka(Google Project Zero), Lehan Dilusha@@zafer, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Jeffrey Hofmann, Dominik Rath, Martin Kreichgauer(Google Chrome), Ian Mckay@@iann0036, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Nolan Astrein(Kandji), Stephan Casas, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Pietro Francesco Tirenna(Shielder), Davide Silvetti(Shielder), Abdel Adim Oisfi(Shielder), luckyu@@uuulucky, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf, Andr.Ess, Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), ABC Research s.r.o., Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Murray Mike, mzzzz__, Dayton Pidhirney(Atredis Partners), Lyutoon, YenKoc, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), Kenneth Chew, Paweł Płatek (Trail(Bits), Alexia Wilson(Microsoft), Christine Fossaceca(Microsoft), Diamant Osmani & Valdrin Haliti [Kosovë], dbpeppe, Solitechworld, Pwn2car, Alhour@@NSAntoine, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Kandji), (Kandji), Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), CVE-2023-27043, Jaydev Ahire, Syarif Muhammad Sajjad, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Dolf Hoegaerts, Michiel Devliegere, K宝@@Pwnrin, Tong Liu@@Lyutoon_, 风(binary_fmyy), F00L, Dave G., zbleet(QI), Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy), Kirin, FlowerCode, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Pedro José Pereira Vieito / pvieito.com)@@pvieito, Alexander Heinrich@@Sn0wfreeze, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt & Mathy Vanhoef@@vanhoefm, Jeroen Robben@@RobbenJeroen, DistriNet, KU Leuven, Vsevolod Kokorin (Slonser)(Solidlab), PixiePoint Security, Andreas Hegenberg (folivora.AI GmbH), Muhammad Zaid Ghifari (Mr.ZheeV), Kalimantan Utara, Florian Draschbacher, Dalibor Milanovic, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(C), Chi Yuan Chang(ZUSO ART), taikosoup, Murray Mike(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy(Supernetworks), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(Supernetworks), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(OffSec), 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy)(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Junsung <3(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative)

Affected Software

23 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.7.6
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS>=18.0<18.4
iPhone OS<18.4
macOS<13.7.5
macOS>=14.0<14.7.5
macOS>=15.0<15.4
tvOS<18.4
Apple visionOS<2.4
macOS<15.4
tvOS<18.4
macOS Ventura<13.7.5
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.7.6
Apple macOS<14.7.5
Apple iOS and iPadOS<18.4
Apple visionOS<2.4
Apple visionOS<2.4
2.4
macOS Ventura<13.7.5
13.7.5
tvOS<18.4
18.4
Apple iOS and iPadOS<18.4
18.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<18.4
18.4
macOS<15.4
15.4
Apple macOS<14.7.5
14.7.5
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.7.6
17.7.6

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.7.6
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.4
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.4
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.7.5
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13.7.5
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade iOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 17.7.6
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sequoia to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.4
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Sonoma to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.7.5
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS Ventura to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13.7.5
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade tvOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18.4
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade visionOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.4

Event History

Mar 31, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Apr 29, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:05 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:05 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
News Published
via BleepingComputer·05:32 PM
Exploit Published
via GitHub·10:12 PM

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-24252?

CVE-2025-24252 is considered a high-severity vulnerability due to the potential for memory corruption by an attacker on the local network.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-24252?

To fix CVE-2025-24252, users should update their devices to the latest versions including macOS Sequoia 15.4, tvOS 18.4, and iPadOS 18.4.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2025-24252?

CVE-2025-24252 affects macOS Sequoia versions before 15.4, tvOS versions before 18.4, and iPadOS versions before 17.7.6.

4

Can CVE-2025-24252 be exploited remotely?

No, CVE-2025-24252 requires an attacker to be on the local network to exploit the vulnerability.

5

What kind of vulnerability is CVE-2025-24252?

CVE-2025-24252 is a use-after-free vulnerability that involves improper memory management leading to potential process memory corruption.

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