Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2025-43287

 

Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2025-43287

Published: September 16, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU115306
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43287
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in ImageIO. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and escalate privileges on the system.


Affected software

macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2025-43287

Install update from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 26.0 25A354

External References

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