VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-43189
A malicious app may be able to read kernel memory.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.77%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. A malicious app may be able to read kernel memory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.77% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.