CVE-2025-31200

high-risk
Published 2025-04-16

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.

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2.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (15)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/14
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/10
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/0
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4
Broken Link https://blog.noahhw.dev/posts/cve-2025-31200/
Issue Tracking https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44161894
Exploit https://github.com/JGoyd/iOS-Attack-Chain-CVE-2025-31200-CVE-2025-31201/blob/mai...
Issue Tracking https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/200
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-...
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low