CVE-2025-31208
Published: 12 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-31208 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 22.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-31208 is an improper input validation flaw (CWE-20) that affects file parsing logic across multiple Apple operating systems. The vulnerability is present in iOS and iPadOS prior to 18.5, iPadOS prior to 17.7.7, macOS Sequoia prior to 15.5, macOS Sonoma prior to 14.7.6, macOS Ventura prior to 13.7.6, tvOS prior to 18.5, visionOS prior to 2.5, and watchOS prior to 11.5. Successful exploitation results in unexpected application termination and a high-impact denial of service.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a maliciously crafted file over the network. Because the attack requires no user interaction or credentials and carries low complexity, the malformed input can trigger a crash in any application that processes the file, disrupting availability without further access to the system.
Apple security advisories for the listed platform releases state that the issue was resolved through improved input validation checks. The updates are available via the standard software update mechanisms on each affected platform.
EPSS remains flat at 0.0103 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14627
Vulnerability details
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.7.6, tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, watchOS 11.5. Parsing a file may lead to…
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an unexpected app termination.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.