{"id":76046,"date":"2025-09-21T14:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:19:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:13:43","slug":"cve-2025-31280-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-macos-sequoia-15-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31280-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-macos-sequoia-15-6\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-31280: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in macOS Sequoia 15.6<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently identified is a significant memory corruption vulnerability, coded as CVE-2025-31280, that affects macOS Sequoia 15.6. This exploit could potentially compromise system integrity or lead to data leakage if a maliciously crafted file is processed, resulting in heap corruption. This issue is of particular concern to all users and administrators of systems running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7775-critical-memory-overflow-vulnerability-in-netscaler-adc-and-gateway-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83730\">macOS Sequoia<\/a> 15.6 due to the severity of potential impacts and the widespread use of macOS in both personal and professional environments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-31280<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS:7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84315\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3484546923\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>macOS Sequoia | 15.6<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability CVE-2025-31280 is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43300-out-of-bounds-write-issue-in-macos-and-ios-resulting-in-memory-corruption\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84403\">memory corruption issue<\/a>. In essence, if a user processes a maliciously crafted file, it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-21125-serious-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-local-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86032\">lead to heap corruption<\/a>. Heap is a region of a computer&#8217;s memory space that is utilized for dynamic memory allocation. Corruption in this area can lead to undefined behavior, resulting in system crashes, incorrect data, or allowing an attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0074-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sdp-discovery\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83669\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1545777972\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>An example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55454-authenticated-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-dootask-v1-0-51\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84451\">vulnerability might be exploited is through a maliciously designed file<\/a> that, when processed, triggers a heap corruption. Conceptually, it may look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;\n#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;\nint main() {\n\/\/ Initialization of a pointer to a heap memory space\nint *ptr = malloc(10 * sizeof(int));\n\/\/ Processing of a maliciously crafted file leading to heap corruption\nif (ptr == NULL) {\nprintf(&quot;Memory not allocated.\\n&quot;);\nexit(0);\n}\nelse {\n\/\/ Memory has been successfully allocated\nprintf(&quot;Memory successfully allocated using malloc.\\n&quot;);\n\/\/ Get the element of the array\nfor (int i = 0; i &lt; 10; ++i) {\nptr[i] = i + 1;\n}\n\/\/ Access memory beyond the malloc&#039;d area\nprintf(&quot;Accessing beyond allocated memory space...\\n&quot;);\nptr[10] = 11;  \/\/ This line of code leads to heap corruption\n}\nreturn 0;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that the above is merely a conceptual representation of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9864-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-v8-engine\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87987\">heap corruption<\/a> could occur. The actual exploitation of this vulnerability would require a much more sophisticated and malicious crafting of the file.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prevention and Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch. In cases where the patch cannot be immediately applied, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. However, these should not be seen as long-term solutions, as they do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58280-object-heap-address-exposure-vulnerability-in-ark-ets\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87225\">address the root cause of the vulnerability<\/a>. Regular system updates and patches are vital to maintaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-46916-critical-vulnerability-in-diebold-nixdorf-vynamic-security-suite-allows-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86033\">system security<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Recently identified is a significant memory corruption vulnerability, coded as CVE-2025-31280, that affects macOS Sequoia 15.6. This exploit could potentially compromise system integrity or lead to data leakage if a maliciously crafted file is processed, resulting in heap corruption. This issue is of particular concern to all users and administrators of systems running macOS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[77],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-76046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-apple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76046"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80802,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76046\/revisions\/80802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=76046"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=76046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}