CVE-2025-43374

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7, macOS Sequoia 15.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.3, macOS Ventura 13.7.3, tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, watchOS 11.5. An attacker in physical proximity may be able to cause an out-of-bounds read in kernel memory.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122069	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122070	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122404	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122405	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122720
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122721	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122722	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-11-21 22:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 09:23

NVD link : CVE-2025-43374

Mitre link : CVE-2025-43374

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-43374

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

iphone_os
ipados
visionos
watchos
macos

CWE

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

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