Zero-day vulnerability in Apple iOS

Use-after-free
CVE-2025-24085

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2025012784 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

Vulnerable component: Apple iOS

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24085

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Description:

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in CoreMedia. A local application can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122066