CVE-2025-43520 (GCVE-0-2025-43520)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-12 20:56
Modified
2025-12-12 20:56
Severity ?
CWE
  • A malicious application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Summary
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.1, iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. A malicious application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14.8
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   Apple tvOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple visionOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 15.7
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 26.1
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   Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 18.7
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