Advisory Details

July 29th, 2025

Apple macOS ICC Profile Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2025-43239
CVSS SCORE	7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	macOS
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Apple macOS. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of ICC profiles. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2025-04-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2025-07-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2025-07-29 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Nikolai Skliarenko of Trend Micro Security Research

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