CVE-2025-43217: Medium severity Apple iOS vulnerability

Published Jul 29, 2025
·
Updated

Accessibility. A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

Other sources

Accessibility. The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.

— Apple

The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, iPadOS 17.7.9. Privacy Indicators for microphone or camera access may not be correctly displayed.

— MITRE

Credit

Himanshu Bharti@@Xpl0itme, Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg(Nosebeard Labs), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Chi Yuan Chang(ZUSO ART), taikosoup, Dawuge(Shuffle Team), Gary Kwong(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2025-43226, Tony Iskow@@Tybbow, Ivan Fratric(Google Project Zero), Kirin@@Pwnrin, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Yuhao Hu, Yan Kang, Chenggang Wu, Xiaojie Wei, Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, Clément Lecigne(Google's Threat Analysis Group), Vlad Stolyarov(Google's Threat Analysis Group), Wong Wee Xiang, Google's Threat Analysis Group, Christian Kohlschütter, Brian Carpenter, Sergei Glazunov(Google Project Zero), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2025-6965, Jaydev Ahire, Gilad Moav, Yehuda Afek, Anat Bremler-Barr, Amit Klein, shandikri(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Google V8 Security Team, Nan Wang@@eternalsakura13, Ziling Chen, HexRabbit@@h3xr4bb1t(DEVCORE Research Team)

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
Apple iOS<18.6
18.6
Apple iPadOS<18.6
18.6
Apple iPadOS<17.7.9
17.7.9
Apple iPadOS<17.7.9
Apple iPadOS>=18.0<18.6
Apple iPhone OS<18.6

Event History

Jul 29, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:36 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:36 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Jul 30, 2025
Data Sourced
via NVD·12:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-43217?

CVE-2025-43217 has been addressed with improved checks and logic but specific severity details have not been publicly disclosed.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-43217?

To fix CVE-2025-43217, update your device to iOS 18.6 or iPadOS 17.7.9 or later.

3

What are the affected products for CVE-2025-43217?

CVE-2025-43217 affects Apple iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 18.6 and 17.7.9 respectively.

4

Is CVE-2025-43217 related to privacy issues?

Yes, CVE-2025-43217 addresses a logic issue related to accessibility that affects privacy indicators for microphone and camera access.

5

When was CVE-2025-43217 fixed?

CVE-2025-43217 was fixed in updates released for iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 17.7.9.

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