Actively exploited · Published Apr 16, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-31201

Critical 9.8 Exploited

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A critical-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 17, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 14.0% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)14.0%top 3.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Apr 17, 2025

Attack tooling1Public PoC

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 May 8, 2025.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	0 – before 18.4.1
Apple	macOS	0 – before 15.4.1
Apple	tvOS	0 – before 18.4.1
Apple	visionOS	0 – before 2.4.1

Weakness: CWE-1220 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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