CVE-2025-43222
A use-after-free issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (54th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2025-23097)
- Published
- July 30, 2025
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-23097 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on April 2, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / ipados
- apple / macos
Certified products that may be affected
21 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple macOS 15 Sequoia - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11648-2026 - active
- Strong Customer Authentication for Apple Pay on MacBook Air 2024 with M3running macOS Sequoia 15.4 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria 2025-11-INF-4674 - active
- Apple macOS 14 Sonoma - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11584-2025 - active
- Strong Customer Authentication for Apple Pay on Mac mini with M4 running macOS Sequoia 15.4, paired with Magic keyboard with Touch ID(macOS Sequoia 15.4 (build 24E248)) (ANSSI-CC-2025/36) - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria ANSSI-CC-2025/36 - active
- Apple iPadOS 17: iPad - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11447-2025 - active
See all 21 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/31
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/34
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124148(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124151(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain