CVE-2025-31215 Denial of service in Safari

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a browser crash by delivering malicious web content, affecting users of Apple Safari and related operating systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-31215?

CVE-2025-31215 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 12 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.5, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.5, tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, watchOS 11.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31215?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Safari, Apple Tvos, Apple Visionos and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-31215?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-31215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Ipados vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31215, GHSA-3jpv-h4fh-v8h9, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31215.

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