An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26. Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 14.x prior to 14.8.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A race condition was addressed with improved handling of symbolic links. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.5     and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3,     visionOS 26.3. A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2026-20677)

  - A path handling issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.3, iOS 18.7.5     and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3,     visionOS 26.3. A remote user may be able to write arbitrary files. (CVE-2026-20660)

  - An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 26     and iPadOS 26, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26. Processing a maliciously crafted     media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory. (CVE-2025-43338)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS     Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt     process memory. (CVE-2025-43402)

  - An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia     15.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
    (CVE-2025-43403)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 14.x prior to 14.8.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - There exists a vulnerability in SQLite versions before 3.50.2 where the number of aggregate terms could     exceed the number of columns available. This could lead to a memory corruption issue. We recommend     upgrading to version 3.50.2 or above. (CVE-2025-6965)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML     that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with     tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other     parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML     gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-43398)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an     XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does     not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or     later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-49761)

  - A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS     Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, macOS     Ventura 13.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts     app. (CVE-2025-30465)

  - A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS     18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, visionOS 2.4. An app may be able to access sensitive user     data. (CVE-2025-31199)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The version of Apple iOS running on the mobile device is prior to 26. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
298658	macOS 14.x < 14.8.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (126350)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	critical
272227	macOS 14.x < 14.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125636)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
264814	Apple iOS < 26 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125108)	Nessus	Mobile Devices	Local	high

Detections

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CVE-2025-43338

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Tenable Plugins

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high