CVE-2025-31200

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

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.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 20%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. 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, watchOS 11.5. Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may result in code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS released before iOS 18.4.1.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
99(Act)
EG Risk 99/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS PROB
20%
EPSS %ILE
97%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

April 16, 2025

Last Modified

April 3, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Full 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/4
generic

Full 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/0
generic

Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-05-12-2025-6 watchOS 11.5

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/10
generic

Full 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/14
generic

About the security content of watchOS 11.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722
generic

About the security content of visionOS 2.4.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402
generic

About the security content of tvOS 18.4.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401
generic

About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400
generic

About the security content of iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282
generic

Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-04-16-2025-4 visionOS 2.4.1

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 55× in last 7d / 217× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 560 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-08 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-08 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-08 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-08 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-07 19:44 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-07 19:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-07 17:09 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-08-07 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-07 15:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-07 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-07 06:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-08-06 17:34 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-06 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-06 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-06 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-08-05 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-05 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-05 19:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-05 17:25 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-08-05 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-05 11:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-05 06:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-05 02:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-04 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-04 17:31 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-04 17:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-04 17:02 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-08-04 15:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-04 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-04 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-04 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-04 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-03 19:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-03 19:22 UTCCISA KEV update
  15. 2026-08-03 15:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-03 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-03 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-03 06:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-02 08:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-02 04:25 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-02 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-02 00:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-01 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-01 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-01 10:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-01 06:36 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-01 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-01 02:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-07-30 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-07-30 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-07-30 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-30 10:54 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-07-30 10:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-07-30 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-30 01:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-29 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-29 19:27 UTCCISA KEV update
  52. 2026-07-29 17:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-29 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-07-29 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  56. 2026-07-28 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-28 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-07-28 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-28 15:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-07-28 14:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-28 10:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-28 06:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-28 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-07-27 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-07-27 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  66. 2026-07-27 17:17 UTCCISA KEV update
  67. 2026-07-27 17:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-27 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-07-27 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-27 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-26 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  73. 2026-07-26 14:55 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-07-26 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-07-26 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (4 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoChunters-sec/CVE-2025-31200
    First seen Aug 28, 2025

    IOS audio buffer overflow CVE-2025-31200 POC

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCserundengsapi/CVE-2025-31200-iOS-AudioConverter-RCE
    First seen May 22, 2025

    Public disclosure of CVE-2025-31200 – Zero-click RCE in iOS 18.X via AudioConverterService and malicious audio file.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCJGoyd/iOS-Attack-Chain-CVE-2025-31200-CVE-2025-31201
    First seen May 17, 2025

    CVE-2025-31200 is a zero-day, zero-click RCE in iOS CoreAudio’s AudioConverterService, triggered by a malicious audio file via iMessage/SMS. Exploitation bypassed Blastdoor, enabled kernel escalation (CVE-2025-31201), and allowed token theft until patched in iOS 18.4.1 (Apr 16, 2025).

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCzhuowei/apple-positional-audio-codec-invalid-header
    First seen Apr 21, 2025

    CVE-2025-31200 - @Noahhw46 figured it out

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2025-31200?
CVE-2025-31200 is a critical vulnerability published on April 16, 2025. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. 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, watchOS 11.5. Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may result in code execution. Apple is aware of…
When was CVE-2025-31200 disclosed?
CVE-2025-31200 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 16, 2025, with the most recent update on April 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-31200 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2025-31200 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 17, 2025, affecting Apple Multiple Products. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-31200?
CVE-2025-31200 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2025-31200?
CVE-2025-31200 affects Apple Multiple Products. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-31200?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-31200, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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