CVE-2025-31238

Apple Safari Scrollbar Animation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

The issue was addressed with improved checks. 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 memory corruption.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Apple Safari. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of scrollbar animation. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the browser process.

macOS Sequoia 15.5 addresses bypass, code execution, double free, information leakage, integer overflow, out of bounds read, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: wac

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-03-27 CVE Reserved
2025-05-12 CVE Published
2025-05-18 EPSS Updated
2025-05-21 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122404
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122719
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122720
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122721
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ios Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ios"				*		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				*		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"				*		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Visionos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Visionos"				*		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				*		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				*		-		Affected