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Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 15:38:17 -0700
From: Apple Product Security via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure@...lists.org>
To: security-announce@...ts.apple.com
Subject: [FD] APPLE-SA-05-12-2025-1 iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5

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APPLE-SA-05-12-2025-1 iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5

iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/122404.

Apple maintains a Security Releases page at
https://support.apple.com/100100 which lists recent
software updates with security advisories.

AppleJPEG
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to
unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31251: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

Baseband
Available for: iPhone 16e
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to
intercept network traffic
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-31214: 秦若涵, 崔志伟, and 崔宝江

Call History
Available for: iPhone XS and later
Impact: Call history from deleted apps may still appear in spotlight
search results
Description: A privacy issue was addressed by removing sensitive data.
CVE-2025-31225: Deval Jariwala

Core Bluetooth
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-31212: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)

CoreAudio
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31208: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

CoreGraphics
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds
checking.
CVE-2025-31209: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

CoreMedia
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2025-31239: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

CoreMedia
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to
unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31233: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

FaceTime
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Muting the microphone during a FaceTime call may not result in
audio being silenced
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-31253: Dalibor Milanovic

FaceTime
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
CVE-2025-31210: Andrew James Gonzalez

FrontBoard
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to enumerate a user's installed apps
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31207: YingQi Shi (@Mas0nShi) of DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab, Duy
Trần (@khanhduytran0)

iCloud Document Sharing
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to turn on sharing of an iCloud folder
without authentication
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement
checks.
CVE-2025-30448: Dayton Pidhirney of Atredis Partners, Lyutoon and YenKoc

ImageIO
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial-of-
service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31226: Saagar Jha

Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-31219: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) and Lucas Leong
(@_wmliang_) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Kernel
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination
Description: A double free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2025-31241: Christian Kohlschütter

libexpat
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Multiple issues in libexpat, including unexpected app
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple
Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a
third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-8176

Mail Addressing
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing an email may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2025-24225: Richard Hyunho Im (@richeeta)

mDNSResponder
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31222: Paweł Płatek (Trail of Bits)

Notes
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to
access notes from the lock screen
Description: The issue was addressed with improved authentication.
CVE-2025-31228: Andr.Ess

Notes
Available for: iPhone XS and later
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to
access a deleted call recording
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31227: Shehab Khan

Pro Res
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-31245: wac

Pro Res
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2025-31234: CertiK (@CertiK)

Security
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2025-31221: Dave G.

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A type confusion issue could lead to memory corruption
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of floats.
WebKit Bugzilla: 286694
CVE-2025-24213: Google V8 Security Team

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 289387
CVE-2025-31223: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs
WebKit Bugzilla: 289653
CVE-2025-31238: wac working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory
corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 287577
CVE-2025-24223: rheza (@ginggilBesel) and an anonymous researcher
WebKit Bugzilla: 291506
CVE-2025-31204: Nan Wang(@eternalsakura13)

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected Safari crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 289677
CVE-2025-31217: Ignacio Sanmillan (@ulexec)

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 288814
CVE-2025-31215: Jiming Wang and Jikai Ren

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected Safari crash
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state
handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 290834
CVE-2025-31206: an anonymous researcher

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 290992
CVE-2025-31205: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

WebKit
Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch
3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later,
iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and
iPad mini 5th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected Safari crash
Description: This issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 290985
CVE-2025-31257: Juergen Schmied of Lynck GmbH

Additional recognition

AirDrop
We would like to acknowledge Dalibor Milanovic for their assistance.

Kernel
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.

libnetcore
We would like to acknowledge Hoffcona of ByteDance IES Red Team for
their assistance.

Messages
We would like to acknowledge Paulo Henrique Batista Rosa de Castro
(@paulohbrc) for their assistance.

MobileGestalt
We would like to acknowledge iisBuri for their assistance.

MobileLockdown
We would like to acknowledge Matthias Frielingsdorf (@helthydriver) of
iVerify, an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

NetworkExtension
We would like to acknowledge Andrei-Alexandru Bleorțu for their
assistance.

Phone
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC
Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.

Photos
We would like to acknowledge Yusuf Kelany for their assistance.

Safari
We would like to acknowledge Akash Labade, Narendra Bhati, Manager of
Cyber Security at Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune (India) for their assistance.

Screenshots
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their
assistance.

Shortcuts
We would like to acknowledge Candace Jensen of Kandji, Chi Yuan Chang of
ZUSO ART and taikosoup, Egor Filatov (Positive Technologies), Monnier
Pascaud for their assistance.

Siri Suggestions
We would like to acknowledge Jake Derouin (jakederouin.com) for their
assistance.

Spotlight
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC
Thiruvananthapuram India for their assistance.

WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Mike Dougherty and Daniel White of Google
Chrome and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

This update is available through iTunes and Software Update on your
iOS device, and will not appear in your computer's Software Update
application, or in the Apple Downloads site. Make sure you have an
Internet connection and have installed the latest version of iTunes
from https://www.apple.com/itunes/

iTunes and Software Update on the device will automatically check
Apple's update server on its weekly schedule. When an update is
detected, it is downloaded and the option to be installed is
presented to the user when the iOS device is docked. We recommend
applying the update immediately if possible. Selecting
Don't Install will present the option the next time you connect
your iOS device.

The automatic update process may take up to a week depending on
the day that iTunes or the device checks for updates. You may
manually obtain the update via the Check for Updates button
within iTunes, or the Software Update on your device.

To check that the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad has been updated:

* Navigate to Settings
* Select General
* Select About. The version after applying this update will be
"iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5".

All information is also posted on the Apple Security Releases
web site: https://support.apple.com/100100.

This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key,
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