CVE-2025-43238 Integer overflow in macOS

What is CVE-2025-43238?

CVE-2025-43238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 2 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.7.7. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43238?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43238?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-43238 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6qw7-vfjm-2g92.