critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2025-43300Apple Image I/O — malicious image corrupts memory
The image handling framework across iOS, iPadOS and macOS writes outside its buffer on a crafted image file, so simply processing one corrupts memory. Apple fixed it across seven release branches at once.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 10.0/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 22% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2025-08-21
- Added to KEV
- 2025-08-21
- Exploit published
- Yes
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- execution
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1203
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe device must process an attacker-supplied image; no interaction beyond receiving it.
Fixed iniOS 15.8.5, iPadOS 15.8.5, iOS 16.7.12, iPadOS 16.7.12, iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 17.7.10, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.7.8
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorysupport.apple.comsupport.apple.com
- 04Vendor advisorysupport.apple.comsupport.apple.com
- 05Vendor advisorysupport.apple.comsupport.apple.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.