CVE-2025-43222: Apple iPadOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.9 (fixed in 17.7.9)
• Apple macOS: before 13.7.7 (fixed in 13.7.7); from 14.0, before 14.7.7 (fixed in 14.7.7); from 15.0, before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)

Published 2025-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.