Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 18.3

This document describes the security content of iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3.

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iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3​

Released January 27, 2025

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)