CVE-2025-24252: Use After Free
Published Mar 31, 2025
·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.
Credit
Uri Katz (Oligo Security), Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Dominik Rath, Martin Kreichgauer(Google Chrome), Yutong Xiu@@Sou1gh0st, Denis Tokarev@@illusionofcha0s, Google Threat Analysis Group, wac(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2024-9681, Andr.Ess, Kirin@@Pwnrin, LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @social.lol@@biscuit, CVE-2024-48958, an anonymous researcher, CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2024-56171, Alex Radocea(Supernetworks), Dave G.(Supernetworks), 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy, Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), Alexia Wilson(Microsoft), Christine Fossaceca(Microsoft), Jimmy, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Jaydev Ahire, @@RenwaX23, Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org, Andrew James Gonzalez, Alexander Heinrich@@Sn0wfreeze, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt & Mathy Vanhoef@@vanhoefm, Jeroen Robben@@RobbenJeroen, DistriNet, KU Leuven, Vsevolod Kokorin (Slonser)(Solidlab), Gary Kwong, Paul Bakker(ParagonERP), rheza@@ginggilBesel, Lehan Dilusha@@zafer, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Bohdan Stasiuk@@bohdan_stasiuk, CVE-2025-24085, YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Stephan Casas, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Pietro Francesco Tirenna(Shielder), Davide Silvetti(Shielder), Abdel Adim Oisfi(Shielder), Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), Murray Mike(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Kenneth Chew, Paweł Płatek (Trail(Bits), 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy(Supernetworks), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(Supernetworks), Diamant Osmani & Valdrin Haliti [Kosovë], dbpeppe, Solitechworld, Pwn2car, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Kandji), (Kandji), Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Dolf Hoegaerts, Michiel Devliegere, Junsung <3(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Richard Hyunho Im with routezero.security@@richeeta, Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), zbleet(QI), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(OffSec), 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy)(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, PixiePoint Security, Andreas Hegenberg (folivora.AI GmbH), pattern-f@@pattern_F_, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Ron Masas(BREAKPOINT), mzzzz__, Muhammad Zaid Ghifari (Mr.ZheeV), Kalimantan Utara, Florian Draschbacher, Jax Reissner, Dalibor Milanovic, Syarif Muhammad Sajjad, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(C), Chi Yuan Chang(ZUSO ART), taikosoup, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), Ian Mckay@@iann0036, Nolan Astrein(Kandji), luckyu@@uuulucky, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf, Murray Mike, Dayton Pidhirney(Atredis Partners), Lyutoon, YenKoc, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), CVE-2023-27043, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, K宝@@Pwnrin, Tong Liu@@Lyutoon_, 风(binary_fmyy), F00L, Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy), Kirin, FlowerCode, Pedro José Pereira Vieito / pvieito.com)@@pvieito, Apple, Lukas Bernhard, Tashita Software Security, Xiangwei Zhang(Tencent Security YUNDING LAB), linjy(HKUS3Lab), chluo(WHUSecLab), Brendon Tiszka(Google Project Zero)
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
Event History
Mar 31, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected 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
News Published
via BleepingComputer·05:33 PM
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.