Apple visionOS File Parser memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component File Parser. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-43186. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 11.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, tvOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, visionOS 2.6, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43186 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/31/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 243030 (macOS 15.x < 15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (124149)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (243030). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

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• Apple

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• visionOS

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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