Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-31226

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.5, tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, watchOS 11.5. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial-of-service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.5
Apple iPadOS 0 – before 17.7.7
Apple macOS 0 – before 15.5
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18.5
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2.5
Apple watchOS 0 – before 11.5

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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