CVE-2025-24107: Use After Free
Published Jan 27, 2025
·Updated
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, tvOS 18.3, watchOS 11.3. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.
Other sources
Accessibility. An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
— Apple
AccountPolicy. This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
— Apple
AirDrop. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
— Apple
AirPlay. A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved input validation.
— Apple
AirPlay. A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
— Apple
Credit
Uri Katz (Oligo Security), Google Threat Analysis Group, Desmond(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Pwn2car & Rotiple (HyeongSeok Jang)(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2025-24085, DongJun Kim@@smlijun, JongSeong Kim in Enki WhiteHat@@nevul37, D4m0n, an anonymous researcher, pattern-f@@pattern_F_, Michael (Biscuit) Thomas @social.lol)@@biscuit, Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Q1IQ@@q1iqF(NUS CuriOSity), P1umer@@p1umer(Imperial Global Singapore), linjy(HKUS3Lab), chluo(WHUSecLab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(Zhejiang University), babywu(Zhejiang University), (Zhejiang University), Xingwei Lin(Zhejiang University), Song Hyun Bae@@bshyuunn, Lee Dong Ha (Who4mI), Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Mateusz Krzywicki@@krzywix, Ivan Fratric(Google Project Zero), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Bohdan Stasiuk@@Bohdan_Stasiuk, Matej Moravec@@MacejkoMoravec, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Joshua Jones, Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), 风(binary_fmyy), Minghao Lin@(Y1nKoc), Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Josh Parnham@@joshparnham, 神罚@@Pwnrin, @@RenwaX23, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Junsung Lee, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Yann GASCUEL(Alter Solutions), Adam M., Johan Carlsson (joaxcar), PixiePoint Security, Denis Tokarev@@illusionofcha0s, Zikan Wang@@Lakr233, Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Hichem Maloufi, Hakim Boukhadra, mastersplinter, Jason Gendron@@gendron_jason, 이준성 (Junsung Lee), Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(C), Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Bohdan Stasiuk@@bohdan_stasiuk, Yutong Xiu@@Sou1gh0st, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Nolan Astrein(Kandji), Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Stephan Casas, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, CVE-2024-9681, Pietro Francesco Tirenna(Shielder), Davide Silvetti(Shielder), Abdel Adim Oisfi(Shielder), Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Murray Mike(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Dave G.(Supernetworks), Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @social.lol@@biscuit, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Kenneth Chew, Paweł Płatek (Trail(Bits), CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2024-56171, 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy(Supernetworks), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(Supernetworks), Alex Radocea(Supernetworks), Diamant Osmani & Valdrin Haliti [Kosovë], dbpeppe, Solitechworld, Pwn2car, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Kandji), (Kandji), Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org, Dolf Hoegaerts, Michiel Devliegere, Andrew James Gonzalez, Richard Hyunho Im with routezero.security@@richeeta, Dave G., zbleet(QI), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(OffSec), 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy)(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Pedro José Pereira Vieito / pvieito.com)@@pvieito, Andreas Hegenberg (folivora.AI GmbH), Ron Masas(BREAKPOINT), Junsung <3(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative)
Affected Software
17 affected componentsFixes available
Apple WatchOS<11.3
11.3
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.3
Apple tvOS<18.3
Apple WatchOS<11.3
Apple iOS<18.3
Apple iPadOS<18.3
Apple tvOS<18.3
18.3
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.3
15.3
Apple iOS<18.3
18.3
Apple iPadOS<18.3
18.3
Apple iPadOS<18.3
Apple iPhone OS<18.3
Apple macOS<15.3
Apple tvOS<18.3
Apple WatchOS<11.3
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.7.5
14.7.5
Apple macOS Ventura<13.7.5
13.7.5
Event History
Jan 27, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:46 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:46 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Jan 28, 2025
News Published
via The Register·08:17 AM
News Published
via The Register·08:20 AM
Known Exploited
08:20 AM
Mar 31, 2025
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2025-24085
- CVE-2025-24137
- CVE-2025-24145
- CVE-2025-24159
- CVE-2025-24128
- CVE-2025-24126
- CVE-2025-24129
- CVE-2025-24131
- CVE-2025-24160
- CVE-2025-24161
- CVE-2025-24163
- CVE-2025-24123
- CVE-2025-24124
- CVE-2025-24086
- CVE-2025-24107
- CVE-2025-24117
- CVE-2025-24149
- CVE-2025-24158
- CVE-2025-24162
- CVE-2025-24179
- CVE-2025-24127
- CVE-2025-24184
- CVE-2025-24111
- CVE-2025-24144
- CVE-2024-55549
- CVE-2025-24855
- CVE-2025-31262
- CVE-2025-24189
- CVE-2025-24177
- CVE-2025-24087
- CVE-2025-24112
- CVE-2025-24100
- CVE-2025-24109
- CVE-2025-24114
- CVE-2025-24121
- CVE-2025-24122
- CVE-2025-24106
- CVE-2025-24102
- CVE-2025-24134
- CVE-2025-24140
- CVE-2025-24174
- CVE-2025-24118
- CVE-2025-24119
- CVE-2025-24094
- CVE-2025-24115
- CVE-2025-24116
- CVE-2025-24136
- CVE-2025-24101
- CVE-2025-24096
- CVE-2025-24099
- CVE-2025-24130
- CVE-2025-24169
- CVE-2025-24183
- CVE-2025-24146
- CVE-2025-24113
- CVE-2025-24103
- CVE-2025-24108
- CVE-2025-24185
- CVE-2025-24139
- CVE-2025-24151
- CVE-2025-24152
- CVE-2025-24153
- CVE-2025-24138
- CVE-2025-24176
- CVE-2025-24135
- CVE-2025-24092
- CVE-2025-24155
- CVE-2025-24154
- CVE-2025-24143
- CVE-2025-24150
- CVE-2025-24120
- CVE-2025-24156
- CVE-2025-24141
- CVE-2025-24089
- CVE-2025-24090
- CVE-2025-24091
- CVE-2025-24104
- CVE-2024-9956
- CVE-2025-31185
- CVE-2025-24234
- CVE-2025-24097
- CVE-2025-24251
- CVE-2025-31197
- CVE-2025-24206
- CVE-2025-24271
- CVE-2025-24270
- CVE-2025-30445
- CVE-2025-24252
- CVE-2025-24276
- CVE-2024-40864
- CVE-2025-24272
- CVE-2025-24231
- CVE-2025-24233
- CVE-2025-30443
- CVE-2025-43465
- CVE-2025-43205
- CVE-2025-24243
- CVE-2025-24244
- CVE-2025-30460
- CVE-2025-24237
- CVE-2025-30429
- CVE-2025-24212
- CVE-2025-24215
- CVE-2025-24230
- CVE-2025-24236
- CVE-2025-24190
- CVE-2025-24211
- CVE-2025-30454
- CVE-2025-31191
- CVE-2025-24170
- CVE-2025-31203
- CVE-2025-24277
- CVE-2024-9681
- CVE-2025-31189
- CVE-2025-24255
- CVE-2025-24267
- CVE-2025-30456
- CVE-2025-30455
- CVE-2025-31187
- CVE-2025-30462
- CVE-2025-24199
- CVE-2025-30447
- CVE-2025-30431
- CVE-2025-24256
- CVE-2025-24273
- CVE-2025-30464
- CVE-2025-24210
- CVE-2025-24249
- CVE-2025-24229
- CVE-2025-24235
- CVE-2025-30432
- CVE-2025-24203
- CVE-2025-24196
- CVE-2025-24148
- CVE-2025-24195
- CVE-2025-27113
- CVE-2024-56171
- CVE-2025-24178
- CVE-2025-31182
- CVE-2025-24238
- CVE-2025-31264
- CVE-2025-24172
- CVE-2025-30450
- CVE-2025-30470
- CVE-2025-24232
- CVE-2025-24246
- CVE-2025-24261
- CVE-2025-24164
- CVE-2025-30446
- CVE-2025-24259
- CVE-2025-30424
- CVE-2025-24173
- CVE-2025-30452
- CVE-2025-24181
- CVE-2025-30471
- CVE-2025-24250
- CVE-2025-30438
- CVE-2025-24280
- CVE-2025-31194
- CVE-2025-30465
- CVE-2025-30433
- CVE-2025-24198
- CVE-2025-31183
- CVE-2025-24205
- CVE-2025-30444
- CVE-2025-24228
- CVE-2025-24165
- CVE-2025-24260
- CVE-2025-24254
- CVE-2024-54533
- CVE-2025-31261
- CVE-2025-24207
- CVE-2025-30449
- CVE-2025-24253
- CVE-2025-31188
- CVE-2025-24240
- CVE-2025-24278
- CVE-2025-30457
- CVE-2025-31195
- CVE-2025-24279
- CVE-2025-24247
- CVE-2025-24241
- CVE-2025-24266
- CVE-2025-24265
- CVE-2025-24157
- CVE-2025-31198
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2025-24107?
CVE-2025-24107 addresses a serious permissions issue that could allow a malicious app to gain root privileges on affected Apple devices.
2
How do I fix CVE-2025-24107?
To mitigate CVE-2025-24107, ensure your Apple device is updated to macOS Sequoia 15.3, tvOS 18.3, watchOS 11.3, iOS 18.3, or iPadOS 18.3.
3
Which Apple devices are affected by CVE-2025-24107?
CVE-2025-24107 affects macOS Sequoia, tvOS, watchOS, iOS, and iPadOS versions prior to the specified updates.
4
What are the risks associated with CVE-2025-24107?
The risk associated with CVE-2025-24107 is that a malicious app could exploit the permissions issue to gain unauthorized access and control over the device.
5
Is CVE-2025-24107 a critical vulnerability?
Yes, CVE-2025-24107 is considered critical due to its potential to allow attackers to obtain root privileges.