CVE-2025-43300

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

21/08/2025

Last modified:

26/11/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

10.00

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::		15.8.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	16.0 (including)	16.7.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	18.0 (including)	18.6.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::		15.8.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	16.0 (including)	16.7.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	18.0 (including)	18.6.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::		13.7.8 (excluding)

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CVE-2025-43300

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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