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APPLE-SA-01-27-2025-2 iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3

iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 addresses the following issues.
Information about the security content is also available at
https://support.apple.com/122066.

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

Accessibility
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 an unlocked device may be
able to access Photos while the app is locked
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state
management.
CVE-2025-24141: Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) from C-DAC
Thiruvananthapuram India

AirPlay
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 on the local network may be able to cause unexpected
system termination or corrupt process memory
Description: An input validation issue was addressed.
CVE-2025-24126: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)

AirPlay
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 type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24129: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)

AirPlay
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 in a privileged position may be able to perform a
denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24131: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)

AirPlay
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 cause a denial-of-service
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved
input validation.
CVE-2025-24177: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)

AirPlay
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 application
termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24137: Uri Katz (Oligo Security)

ARKit
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-2025-24127: Minghao Lin (@Y1nKoc), babywu, and Xingwei Lin of
Zhejiang University

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-2025-24160: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-24161: Google Threat Analysis Group
CVE-2025-24163: Google Threat Analysis Group

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: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24123: Desmond working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2025-24124: Pwn2car & Rotiple (HyeongSeok Jang) working with 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: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple
is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited
against versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory
management.
CVE-2025-24085

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 an image may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-24086: DongJun Kim (@smlijun) and JongSeong Kim (@nevul37) in
Enki WhiteHat, D4m0n

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 malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional
restrictions.
CVE-2025-24107: an anonymous researcher

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 app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2025-24159: pattern-f (@pattern_F_)

LaunchServices
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 fingerprint the user
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of
sensitive information.
CVE-2025-24117: Michael (Biscuit) Thomas (@biscuit@social.lol)

libxslt
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: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24166: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero

Managed Configuration
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: Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to
modification of protected system files
Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of
symlinks.
CVE-2025-24104: Hichem Maloufi, Hakim Boukhadra

Passkeys
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 gain unauthorized access to Bluetooth
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-2024-9956: mastersplinter

Safari
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: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.
CVE-2025-24128: @RenwaX23

Safari
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: Visiting a malicious website may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
CVE-2025-24113: @RenwaX23

SceneKit
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-2025-24149: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative

Time Zone
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 view a contact's phone number in system
logs
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data
redaction for log entries.
CVE-2025-24145: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

WebContentFilter
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: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input
validation.
CVE-2025-24154: 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 maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the
user
Description: The issue was addressed with improved access restrictions
to the file system.
WebKit Bugzilla: 283117
CVE-2025-24143: 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: Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 283889
CVE-2025-24158: Q1IQ (@q1iqF) of NUS CuriOSity and P1umer (@p1umer) of
Imperial Global Singapore.

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: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 284159
CVE-2025-24162: linjy of HKUS3Lab and chluo of WHUSecLab

WebKit Web Inspector
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: Copying a URL from Web Inspector may lead to command injection
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of
files.
WebKit Bugzilla: 283718
CVE-2025-24150: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)

Additional recognition

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

Audio
We would like to acknowledge Google Threat Analysis Group for their
assistance.

CoreAudio
We would like to acknowledge Google Threat Analysis Group for their
assistance.

CoreMedia Playback
We would like to acknowledge Song Hyun Bae (@bshyuunn) and Lee Dong Ha
(Who4mI) for their assistance.

Files
We would like to acknowledge Chi Yuan Chang of ZUSO ART and taikosoup
for their assistance.

Notifications
We would like to acknowledge Abhay Kailasia (@abhay_kailasia) of Lakshmi
Narain College of Technology Bhopal India, Xingjian Zhao
(@singularity-s0) for their assistance.

Passwords
We would like to acknowledge Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc.
@mysk_co for their assistance.

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

Screenshots
We would like to acknowledge Yannik Bloscheck (yannikbloscheck.com) for
their assistance.

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

Static Linker
We would like to acknowledge Holger Fuhrmannek for their assistance.

VoiceOver
We would like to acknowledge Bistrit Dahal, Dalibor Milanovic 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 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3".

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

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