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CVE-2025-43200

medium CISA KEV

Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Apple — Multiple Products

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, iPadOS 17.7.5, macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.7.4, visionOS 2.3.1, watchOS 11.3.1. A logic issue existed when processing a maliciously crafted photo or video shared via an iCloud Link. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.

CVSS
4.2
4.2 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-06-16 22:16
Modified: 2026-09-24 13:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2025-06-16 · due 2025-07-07
Known ransomware use: Unknown

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected products

apple / ipados <15.8.4, ≥16.0 <16.7.11, ≥17.0 <17.7.5, ≥18.0 <18.3.1
apple / iphone_os <15.8.4, ≥16.0 ≤16.7.11, ≥17.0 ≤18.3.1
apple / macos ≥13.0 <13.7.4, ≥14.0 <14.7.4, ≥15.0 <15.3.1
apple / visionos <2.3.1
apple / watchos <11.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122173
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122345
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122346
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122900
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122901
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122902
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122903
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122904

References

Data sources

CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗

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