Apple OS UAF mitigated; fixed in watchOS 11.5, macOS 14.7.6, iOS 18.5
CVE-2025-31239 Published on May 12, 2025

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 11.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6, tvOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, macOS Sequoia 15.5, visionOS 2.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.6. Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-31239 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-31239 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.14%
Percentile
33.89%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.