CVE-2025-43299 (GCVE-0-2025-43299)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 22:35
Modified
2025-09-16 17:48
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Summary
A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125109Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125110Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125111Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125112Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14.8
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 18.7
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 26
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 15.7
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