CVE-2025-43494(apple / ipados)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A mail header parsing issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. An attacker may be able to cause a persistent denial-of-service.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-20

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • ipados
  • iphone_os
  • macos
  • visionos

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
ipadosiphone_osmacosvisionoswatchos

1 version affected across 5 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-08: 110-08
Full discourse1 post
  • DFIR Lab@DFIR_Lab

    🚨 HIGH: CVE-2025-43494 (CVSS 7.5) Mail header parsing flaw in Apple products enables persistent DoS attacks. Network-based, no user interaction required. Affected: iOS/iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS Patch immediately. #CVE #PatchNow #ThreatIntel https://t.co/Hbcwp1Q6em

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CPE platform detail8 entries

8 of 8 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSappleipados---
OSappleipados26.0--
OSappleiphone_os---
OSappleiphone_os26.0--
OSapplemacos---
OSapplemacos26.0--
OSapplevisionos---
OSapplewatchos---

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