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CVE-2025-43200

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 4.2 · MediumBuzz score 55.0KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 55.0

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 22.0 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
22.0
8 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

Source links by recency

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8 source links · newest first
  • Apple addressed a vulnerability impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that it is under active exploitation in the wild. Apple addressed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The vulnerability is zero-day out-of-bounds write issue that resides in the ImageIO framework, an attacker could exploit it to cause memory corruption when processing […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comAug 21, 2025, 4:54 PM
  • U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple products, and TP-Link routers flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple products, and TP-Link routers flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: Last week, Apple confirmed that the now-patched […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJun 17, 2025, 1:15 PM
  • CISA warns that a vulnerability impacting multiple discontinued TP-Link router models is exploited in the wild.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 17, 2025, 10:55 AM
  • Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Microsoft fixes zero-day exploited for cyber espionage (CVE-2025-33053) For June 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed 66 new CVEs, including a zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-33053). Unpatched Wazuh servers targeted by Mirai botnets (CVE-2025-24016) Two Mirai botnets are exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-24016) in the open-source Wazuh XDR/SIEM platform, Akamai researchers have warned. Want fewer security … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJun 15, 2025, 8:00 AM
  • A zero-click attack leveraging a freshly disclosed Messages vulnerability (CVE-2025-43200) has infected the iPhones of two European journalists with Paragon’s Graphite mercenary spyware, Citizen Lab researchers have revealed on Thursday. The attacks happened in January and early February 2025. “We believe that this infection would not have been visible to the target,” the researchers noted. About CVE-2025-43200 CVE-2025-43200 is a logic issue triggered when the Apple smartphone processed a maliciously crafted photo or video shared … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJun 13, 2025, 12:06 PM
  • Apple confirmed that a security flaw in its Messages app was actively exploited in the wild to target journalists with Paragon’s Graphite spyware. Apple confirmed that a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-43200, in its Messages app was actively exploited in the wild to target journalists with Paragon’s Graphite spyware. The IT giant addressed the flaw […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJun 13, 2025, 10:15 AM
  • Security researchers at Citizen Lab revealed that Paragon’s Graphite spyware can hack fully updated iPhones via zero-click attacks. Citizen Lab has confirmed that Paragon’s Graphite spyware was used to hack fully updated iPhones, targeting at least two journalists in Europe. The group found forensic evidence showing the phones had communicated with the same spyware server. […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJun 12, 2025, 7:58 PM
  • Citizen Lab publishes forensic proof that spyware maker Paragon can compromise up-to-date iPhones. Journalists in Europe among victims.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 12, 2025, 3:24 PM

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