Apple macOS importMeshJointWeights heap-based overflow

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS and classified as critical. This affects the function importMeshJointWeights. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-43264. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.
It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function importMeshJointWeights. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43264 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/07/2026).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CNNVD (CNNVD-202604-473). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/16/2025 CVE reserved08/13/2025 Advisory disclosed
08/13/2025 VulDB entry created
04/07/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-43264 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43264
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319904
CNNVD: CNNVD-202604-473 - Apple macOS 安全漏洞
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
Entry
Created: 08/13/2025 15:11Updated: 04/07/2026 02:42
Changes: 08/13/2025 15:11 (53), 04/03/2026 16:06 (6), 04/04/2026 20:03 (1), 04/05/2026 23:23 (1), 04/07/2026 02:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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