Apple macOS up to 13.7.6/14.7.6/15.5 App integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Apple macOS up to 13.7.6/14.7.6/15.5. This impacts an unknown function of the component App. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-43238. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 13.7.6/14.7.6/15.5. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43238 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 04/03/2026).

Upgrading to version 13.7.7, 14.7.7 or 15.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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ADP CISA Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.7.7/14.7.7/15.6

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
04/02/2026 +351 days VulDB entry created
04/03/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
04/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43238 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355034
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2026 00:06
Changes: 04/03/2026 00:06 (65)
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Cache ID: 216:548:103

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