Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 18.7 App denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. This impacts an unknown function of the component App. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-43355. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Sequoia 15.7, iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7, visionOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43355 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/16/2025).

Upgrading to version 26.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• iOS
• iPadOS

Version

• 10.15.0
• 12.4.7
• 12.5.2
• 12.5.3
• 12.7
• 13.0
• 13.0.1
• 13.1
• 13.1.1
• 13.2
• 13.3
• 13.3.1
• 13.4
• 13.4.1
• 13.5
• 13.5.1
• 13.6
• 13.7
• 14.0
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.4.1
• 14.4.2
• 14.5
• 14.5.0
• 14.5.1
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 14.7.1
• 14.8
• 15
• 15.0
• 15.0.1
• 15.0.2
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.2.1
• 15.3
• 15.3.1
• 15.4
• 15.4.1
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.6.1
• 15.7
• 15.7.1
• 15.7.4
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.3.1
• 16.4
• 16.4.1
• 16.5
• 16.5.1
• 16.6
• 16.6.1
• 16.7
• 16.7.2
• 16.7.3
• 16.7.6
• 17
• 17.0
• 17.0.3
• 17.1
• 17.2
• 17.3
• 17.4
• 17.4.0
• 17.5
• 17.7
• 17.7.4
• 17.7.5
• 18
• 18.0
• 18.0.1
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.3
• 18.3.0
• 18.3.1
• 18.4
• 18.5
• 18.6
• 18.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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