CVE-2025-43478

Nov. 4, 2025, 4:23 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Apple
  • Macos
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-416
Use After Free
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
o apple macos / / / / / / / /
o apple macos / / / / / / / /

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125635
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125636

Tags

CWE-416
product-security@apple.com
2025-11-04
CVE-2025-43478

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 4, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 4, 2025, 4:23 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

product-security@apple.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.