CVE-2025-43300 (GCVE-0-2025-43300)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-21 00:27
Modified
2026-04-02 18:17
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 iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5, iOS 16.7.12 and iPadOS 16.7.12, iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 17.7.10, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.7.8. 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
Impacted products
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA 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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