Actively exploited · Published Jul 29, 2025 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2025-31277
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 20, 2026). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 3, 2026.
Official description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.50.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:17802 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.50.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:17802 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.50.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:17802 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.50.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:17802 |
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk | 2.50.1-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Debian:13 | webkit2gtk | 2.50.1-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Debian:14 | webkit2gtk | 2.50.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Debian:12 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Debian:13 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Debian:14 | wpewebkit | 2.50.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | 2.50.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | 2.50.1-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | webkit2gtk | 2.50.0-2ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31277 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wpewebkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31277 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124147
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124152
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124153
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124154
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124155
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/darksword-ios-exploit-chain/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-31277 government-resource
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Aug/0
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/36
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/30
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31277 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2448780 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-31277.json x_sadp-csaf-vex
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19352 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17802 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19157 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19165 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19109 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17807 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17643 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17743 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17741 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18097 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT