CVE-2025-31277 — Apple Multiple Products Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Overview
Apple Safari, iOS, watchOS, visionOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow the processing of maliciously crafted web content which may lead to memory corruption.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-31277
- Vulnerability
- Apple Multiple Products Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Apple
- Affected products
- Apple: Multiple Products
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- EPSS score
- 1.4% probability of exploitation in 30 days · 69th percentile
- Published
- 2026-03-20
Remediation guidance
CVE-2025-31277 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Apple the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.4% probability that CVE-2025-31277 will be exploited within the next 30 days (69th percentile of all CVEs) — useful for risk-based patch sequencing.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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