Apple tvOS up to 18.4 Media File memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple tvOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Media File Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-43372. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple tvOS. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Media File Handler. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43372 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 11/05/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 272227 (macOS 14.x < 14.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125636)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 26.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (272227) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2475). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Apple macOS

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Type

• Digital Media Player

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• tvOS

Version

• 9.2.2
• 10
• 10.0
• 10.0.1
• 10.1
• 10.1.1
• 10.2
• 10.2.1
• 10.2.2
• 10.15.0
• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.5
• 11.2.6
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.4.1
• 12.0
• 12.1
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 12.2
• 12.3
• 12.4
• 12.7
• 13.0
• 13.2
• 13.3.1
• 13.4
• 13.4.5
• 13.4.6
• 13.4.8
• 13.6
• 13.7
• 14.0
• 14.2
• 14.3
• 14.4
• 14.5
• 14.6
• 14.7
• 15
• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3
• 15.4
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.7.1
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7
• 17.4
• 17.5
• 18
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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