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CVE-2025-43300

high

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.

References

https://securityaffairs.com/182283/security/apple-backports-fix-for-actively-exploited-cve-2025-43300.html

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/16/apple_0day_spy_attacks/

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-rolls-out-ios-26-macos-tahoe-26-with-patches-for-over-50-vulnerabilities/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-backports-zero-day-patches-to-older-iphones-and-ipads/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/apple-backports-fix-for-cve-2025-43300.html

https://cyberscoop.com/apple-security-updates-september-2025/

https://www.securityweek.com/samsung-patches-zero-day-exploited-against-android-users/

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125142

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125141

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/samsung_fixes_android_0day/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day-reported-by-whatsapp/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/apple-warns-french-users-of-fourth.html

https://securityaffairs.com/182135/hacking/samsung-fixed-actively-exploited-zero-day.html

https://latesthackingnews.com/2025/09/12/whatsapp-addressed-an-actively-exploited-zero-day-vulnerability/

https://hackread.com/cisa-tp-link-wi-fi-whatsapp-spyware-flaws-kev-list/

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/whatsapp-bug-zero-click-iphone-attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/cisa-adds-tp-link-and-whatsapp-flaws-to.html

https://securityaffairs.com/181863/hacking/u-s-cisa-adds-whatsapp-and-tp-link-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.securityweek.com/whatsapp-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks-targeting-apple-users/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/01/infosec_in_brief/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/whatsapp-patches-zeroday-zeroclick/

https://hackread.com/whatsapp-0-day-exploit-attack-targeted-ios-macos-users/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/whatsapp-issues-emergency-update-for.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-patches-vulnerability-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks/

https://securityaffairs.com/181714/intelligence/new-zero-click-exploit-allegedly-used-to-hack-whatsapp-users.html

https://hackread.com/hackers-take-over-apple-devices-malicious-images-patch/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/apple-patch-likely-exploited-zero/

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/apple-zero-day-flaw-sophisticated-attack

https://therecord.media/cisa-warns-of-apple-zero-day

https://securityaffairs.com/181406/security/u-s-cisa-adds-apple-ios-ipados-and-macos-flaw-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/apple_imageio_exploit/

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-zero-day-exploited-in-targeted-attacks/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/08/all-apple-users-should-update-after-company-patches-zero-day-vulnerability-in-all-platforms

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/08/21/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/apple-patches-cve-2025-43300-zero-day.html

https://securityaffairs.com/181394/security/apple-addressed-the-seventh-actively-exploited-zero-day.html

https://cyberscoop.com/apple-zero-day-ios-macos-ipados-august-2025/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/20/apple-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attack-cve-2025-43300/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-emergency-updates-fix-new-actively-exploited-zero-day/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/salesforce-patches-critical-forcedleak.html

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-43300

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-21

Updated: 2025-10-23

Named Vulnerability: ForcedLeakKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability of Interest