CVE-2025-31201

critical

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.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/3

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/0

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/14

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26

https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/apple-issues-security-updates-after-two.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-fixes-two-zero-day-flaws-exploited-in-sophisticated-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-backports-zero-day-patches-to-older-iphones-and-ipads/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/apple-patches-cve-2025-43300-zero-day.html

https://securityaffairs.com/181394/security/apple-addressed-the-seventh-actively-exploited-zero-day.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-emergency-updates-fix-new-actively-exploited-zero-day/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-patches-security-flaw-exploited-in-chrome-zero-day-attacks/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/17/apple-plugs-zero-days-holes-used-in-targeted-iphone-attacks-cve-2025-31200-cve-2025-31201/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/apple-patches-two-actively-exploited.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-fixes-two-zero-days-exploited-in-targeted-iphone-attacks/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-31201

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282

https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/200

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-16

Updated: 2026-04-03

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00046