Vulnerability · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-43374

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	0 – before 18.5
Apple	iPadOS	0 – before 17.7.7
Apple	macOS	0 – before 13.7.30 – before 14.7.30 – before 15.5
Apple	tvOS	0 – before 18.5
Apple	visionOS	0 – before 2.5
Apple	watchOS	0 – before 11.5

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Affected products (as reported)

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