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CVE-2025-43300
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N C H H H 10.0 .3250 98.3 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
iOS and iPadOS unspecified —
iPadOS unspecified —
macOS unspecified —
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by apple
Aug 21 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-09-11
Aug 21 Published (CNA: apple)
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, 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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by apple |
| August 21, 2025 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-09-11 |
| August 21, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: apple) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 3 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | — | — |
| Apple | iPadOS | — | — | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | — | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-43300 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, October 7, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.