Is CVE-2025-31201 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-31201 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-25.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-31201?

CVE-2025-31201 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2025-31201?

Patch guidance is available from apple security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-31201.

Fix CVE-2025-31201 - CRITICAL apple macos

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-31201?

5 products: apple macos, apple tvos, apple visionos, apple ipados, apple iphone os.

Description

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 Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-1220

Metadata

Primary Vendor: APPLE
Published: 4/16/2025
Last Modified: 11/25/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2025-31201

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