CVE-2025-31277 is a memory-corruption vulnerability in Apple WebKit affecting Safari and Apple operating systems that process web content. Processing maliciously crafted web content may corrupt memory. Public reporting associates the flaw with JavaScriptCore exploitation on iOS 18.4 and 18.5 as an initial browser-renderer compromise stage in the DarkSword exploit chain. The issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
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A JavaScriptCore JIT optimization/type-confusion memory-corruption vulnerability used by the legacy DarkSword path to establish RCE primitives on iOS 18.4 and 18.5.
A WebKit vulnerability used as part of a WebKit-to-kernel iPhone exploit chain to deploy spyware and steal sensitive device data.
A WebKit vulnerability used in a malicious Packagist-theme campaign to compromise vulnerable iPhones through mobile Safari and begin an exploit chain that ultimately obtains kernel-level read/write access and deploys spyware.
A known WebKit vulnerability used as part of a malicious website-theme supply-chain campaign to compromise selected iPhone visitors and enable spyware delivery and cryptocurrency-wallet recovery-phrase theft.
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