01 Record
CVE-2025-43300
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
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base score10.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-08-21. Federal remediation due 2025-09-11.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 65.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-08-21 00:27Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-02 18:17Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-04-16
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 10.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 369dafe743a0cddedaed240e3ea3918614ce67aa556ddf6fbe0d4552a05e3695
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/124925
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/124926
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/124927
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/124928
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/124929
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125141
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125142
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-43300
- github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/201
- github.comhttps://github.com/b1n4r1b01/n-days/blob/main/CVE-2025-43300.md
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/52
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/14
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/10