CVE-2025-31200
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 8 May 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, macOS Sequoia 15.4.1, tvOS 18.4.1, visionOS 2.4.1, watchOS 11.5. Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may result in code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS released before iOS 18.4.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 18.59% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 17 April 2025 · due 8 May 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31200
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/0Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.noahhw.dev/posts/cve-2025-31200/Broken Link, Exploit
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44161894Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/JGoyd/iOS-Attack-Chain-CVE-2025-31200-CVE-2025-31201/blob/main/Remote%20Crypto%20Attack%20Chain%20.mdBroken Link, Exploit
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/200Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-31200US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.