CVE-2025-43520
medium · 5.5Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Added 2026-03-20Remediation due 2026-04-03
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. A malicious application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
36th
EPSS percentile
2025-12-12
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-120
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| apple | ipados | < 18.7.2 |
| apple | ipados | 26.0 |
| apple | iphone_os | < 18.7.2 |
| apple | iphone_os | 26.0 |
| apple | macos | >= 14.0, < 14.8.2 |
| apple | macos | >= 15.0, < 15.7.2 |
| apple | macos | 26.0 |
| apple | tvos | < 26.1 |
| apple | visionos | < 26.1 |
| apple | watchos | < 26.1 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125632
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125633
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125634
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125635
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125636
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125637
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125638
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/125639
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/darksword-ios-exploit-chain/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-43520
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-43520