Apple visionOS Web memory corruption

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Apple visionOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-31257. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Web Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-31257 since 03/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/11/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236932 (Fedora 41 : webkitgtk (2025-c40948de3a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (236932) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2365). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• visionOS

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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