CVE-2025-43202

Received Received - Intake

Memory Corruption in iOS, iPadOS, macOS File Processing

Publication date: 2026-04-02

Last updated on: 2026-04-03

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6. Processing a file may lead to memory corruption.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-04-02

Last Modified

2026-04-03

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-04-02

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-43202

EUVD

EUVD-2025-209192

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
apple	macos	to 15.6 (exc)
apple	ipados	to 18.6 (exc)
apple	iphone_os	to 18.6 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-787	The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves improper memory handling when processing a file, which may lead to memory corruption.

It has been addressed and fixed in iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, and macOS Sequoia 15.6 by improving memory handling.

Impact Analysis

Memory corruption vulnerabilities can potentially lead to unexpected behavior such as application crashes, data corruption, or exploitation by attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Since this issue occurs when processing a file, it could be triggered by opening or handling a maliciously crafted file.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, update your devices to the fixed versions: iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, or macOS Sequoia 15.6.

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