Apple iOS/iPadOS Media File denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. This affects an unknown function of the component Media File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-31251. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Media File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in watchOS 11.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6, tvOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, macOS Sequoia 15.5, visionOS 2.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.6. Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-31251 since 03/27/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-14771). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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