Apple iOS and iPadOS

CVE-2025-43537
LOW 3.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.54 % · percentile 46 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apple
NVD status
Modified

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.5 and iPadOS 18.7.5, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. Restoring a maliciously crafted backup file may lead to modification of protected system files.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apple · iOS and iPadOSaffected 0 < 18.7.5 ; affected 0 < 26.2

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD