PT-2025-20781 · Apple · Ipados+4

Dillon Franke · Published 2025-05-12 · Updated 2025-10-16 · CVE-2025-31235

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 13.7.6 macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.5 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7.6 iPadOS versions prior to 17.7.7

Description The issue involves a double free condition addressed through improved memory management. This could allow an application to cause unexpected system termination. The issue resides within the coreaudiod component of the CoreAudio framework. A proof-of-concept (PoC) has been released demonstrating how the issue can be exploited. The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, leading to a full system compromise.

Recommendations Update macOS to version 13.7.6 or later. Update macOS Sequoia to version 15.5 or later. Update macOS Sonoma to version 14.7.6 or later. Update iPadOS to version 17.7.7 or later.

Fix

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-31235

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ipados

Macos Sequoia

Macos Sonoma

Macos Ventura

References · 23

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31235 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31235 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1922046740162658721 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/8 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/9 · Note
• https://twitter.com/dillon_franke/status/1938402720639336478 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-31235 · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/23654 · Telegram Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1lnb3mm/top_10_trending_cves_29062025 · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1938442399665054111 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1938442394854182919 · Twitter Post