CVE-2025-31277

HIGH KEV

Safari < 18.6 - Memory Corruption via Malicious Web Content

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2025-31277 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added March 20, 2026. EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including stationedK-06.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a static analysis of the DarkSword iOS WebKit exploit chain, focusing on CVE-2025-31277 and CVE-2025-43529. It includes references to external sources and aims to document the exploit chain's delivery, staging, and breakdown.

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by stationedK-06 · poc
https://github.com/stationedK-06/DarkSword_analysis

This repository provides a static analysis of the DarkSword iOS WebKit exploit chain, focusing on CVE-2025-31277 and CVE-2025-43529. It includes references to external sources and aims to document the exploit chain's delivery, staging, and breakdown.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: iOS WebKit
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the exploit chain code or samples · Understanding of iOS WebKit vulnerabilities
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 09, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 69.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2026-03-20
VulnCheck KEV 2026-03-18
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2025-23063
CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (19)
Apple/iOS and iPadOS < 18.6
Apple/iOS and iPadOS unspecified - 18.6
apple/ipados < 18.6
apple/iphone_os < 18.6
Apple/macOS < 15.6
apple/macos 15.0 - 15.6
Apple/macOS unspecified - 15.6
apple/safari < 18.6
Apple/Safari < 18.6
Apple/Safari unspecified - 18.6
... and 9 more
Published Jul 30, 2025
KEV Added Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026