CVE-2025-43300 (GCVE-0-2025-43300)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-21 00:27
Modified
2025-11-04 22:06
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. 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
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
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| ► | Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Version: unspecified < 15.8 |
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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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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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