Is CVE-2025-43200 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-43200 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-30.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-43200?

CVE-2025-43200 has a CVSS score of 4.2 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2025-43200?

Patch guidance is available from apple security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-43200.

CVE-2025-43200 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-43200?

12 products: apple ipados, apple ipados, apple ipados, apple ipados, apple iphone os, and 7 more.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 11.3.1, macOS Ventura 13.7.4, iOS 15.8.4 and iPadOS 15.8.4, iOS 16.7.11 and iPadOS 16.7.11, iPadOS 17.7.5, visionOS 2.3.1, macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.4. 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 Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: APPLE
Published: 6/16/2025
Last Modified: 10/30/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

apple : ipadosapple : ipadosapple : ipadosapple : ipadosapple : iphone_osapple : iphone_osapple : iphone_osapple : macosapple : macosapple : macosapple : visionosapple : watchos

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD