Apple Security Updates – 21 August 2025

Apple has released security updates to address a vulnerability across macOS Sequoia, Sonoma, and Ventura.

The addressed vulnerability could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code and gain access to the affected system, caused by a memory corruption issue in the ImageIO component, while processing a malicious image file.

Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300):

  • CVSS: 8.8
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Consequences: Gain Access

It should be highlighted that Apple is aware that the vulnerability “CVE-2025- 43300” is being exploited in the wild.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-43300

Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

Apple Security Advisory

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