CVE-2025-31201
Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write Vulnerability
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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
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. 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. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on iOS.
- 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
- 13.97% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 17 April 2025 · due 8 May 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-1220
- Affected
- apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 14.0% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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-2025-31201
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
- 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/Oct/0Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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-2025-31201US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.