CVE-2025-31201
Apple Inc. · published 2025-04-16
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2025-04-17).
- CISA's name for it: Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write Vulnerability
- CISA's description: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain an arbitrary read and write vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass Pointer Authentication.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Apple Inc. via the CVE Program.
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.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | 0 – before 18.4.1: affected |
| Apple | macOS | 0 – before 15.4.1: affected |
| Apple | tvOS | 0 – before 18.4.1: affected |
| Apple | visionOS | 0 – before 2.4.1: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (5)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICAL — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- 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
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/14
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/0
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4
- https://github.com/JGoyd/iOS-Attack-Chain-CVE-2025-31200-CVE-2025-31201/blob/main/Remote%20Crypto%20Attack%20Chain%20.md
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/200
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-31201
Source dates: published 2025-04-16, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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