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.
CVE-2025-31201
Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-04-17), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(high)
- EPSS
- 96.3%
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
Published
April 16, 2025
Last Modified
April 3, 2026
Advisory Details (9)
Auto-updated May 18, 2026Full Disclosure: Re: [FD] Full Disclosure: CVE-2025-31200 & CVE-2025-31201 – 0-Click iMessage Chain → Secure Enclave Key Theft, Wormable RCE, Crypto Theft
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4Full Disclosure: Re: Full Disclosure: CVE-2025-31200 & CVE-2025-31201 – 0-Click iMessage Chain → Secure Enclave Key Theft, Wormable RCE, Crypto Theft
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/3Full Disclosure: Re: [FD] Full Disclosure: CVE-2025-31200 & CVE-2025-31201 – 0-Click iMessage Chain → Secure Enclave Key Theft, Wormable RCE, Crypto Theft
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/0Full Disclosure: Full Disclosure: CVE-2025-31200 & CVE-2025-31201 – 0-Click iMessage Chain → Secure Enclave Key Theft, Wormable RCE, Crypto Theft
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/14Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-04-16-2025-4 visionOS 2.4.1
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26About the security content of visionOS 2.4.1 - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402About the security content of tvOS 18.4.1 - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400About the security content of iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1 - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 64× in last 7d / 251× in last 30d)
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