Apple visionOS App memory corruption

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple visionOS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component App. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-43234. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple visionOS (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component App. 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:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 11.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, tvOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, visionOS 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted texture may lead to unexpected app termination.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43234 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing 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). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for 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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