Medium 5.5Published Sep 15, 2025

CVE-2025-43299A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:10 PM ET)

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A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7, macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apple
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Apr 2, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 18, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name)	before 18.7	CNA record
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name)	before 14.8; before 15.7; before 26	CNA record
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 18.7	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 18.7	NVD
apple macos apple:macos	from 14.0 before 14.8; from 15.0 before 15.7	NVD

References

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125109	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111	release-notes, vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112	release-notes, vendor-advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/50
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55

The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry

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