CVE-2025-31201

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in tvOS 18.4.1, visionOS 2.4.1, iOS iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, macOS Sequoia 15.4.1. 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.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

14.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2025-04-17

Published

2025-04-16

Updated

2026-04-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• JGoyd/iOS-Attack-Chain-CVE-2025-31200-CVE-2025-31201201★ · 2026-05-05
• Knoxpix/PACKernel1★ · 2025-04-18
• webdev75950-ux/ios-imessage-zero-click-exploit
• x011/Hello-World

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2025-31200
• CVE-2020-27930
• CVE-2022-26766
• CVE-2023-28206
• CVE-2026-42945
• CVE-2025-3121