CVE-2025-43200

CVE-2025-43200 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.2) vulnerability in Apple Multiple Products. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 16, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by July 7, 2025. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apple has 96 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.

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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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