---
id: "CVE-2026-112474"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112474"]
title: "Apple iOS and macOS: use-after-free lets an app write kernel memory"
severity: "high"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["apple-devices", "infrastructure", "ios", "ipados", "macos", "tvos", "visionos", "watchos"]
not_affected_if: ["already-on-27.2"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T21:17:37+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T21:20:26+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:30:09+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112474", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T21:20:26+00:00"}]
---

# Apple iOS and macOS: use-after-free lets an app write kernel memory

A use-after-free bug in Apple's operating systems lets a malicious app crash the system or write to kernel memory. Apple fixed it in iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2 and watchOS 27.2.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the device OS version in Settings > General > About (iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS) or with `sw_vers` on macOS.
- unknown for fleet-wide inventory tooling; the sources do not say.

## Fix

- Update iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS to `27.2` or later.
- Update macOS Golden Gate to `27.2` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T21:20:26+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112474

## From the sources

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

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