CVE-2025-43300 (GCVE-0-2025-43300)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-21 00:27
Modified
2025-08-26 05:07
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.
Summary
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.7.8, iPadOS 17.7.10, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1, iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2. Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
---|---|---|---|
product-security@apple.com | https://support.apple.com/en-us/124925 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
product-security@apple.com | https://support.apple.com/en-us/124926 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
product-security@apple.com | https://support.apple.com/en-us/124927 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
product-security@apple.com | https://support.apple.com/en-us/124928 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
product-security@apple.com | https://support.apple.com/en-us/124929 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://github.com/b1n4r1b01/n-days/blob/main/CVE-2025-43300.md | Exploit |
Impacted products
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2025-08-21
Due date: 2025-09-11
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/124925 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/124926 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/124927 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/124928 ; https://support.apple.com/en-us/124929 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43300
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