About the security content of iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7

This document describes the security content of iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7.

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iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7

Released September 15, 2025

Audio

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted media file may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory

Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2025-43346: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CoreAudio

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2025-43349: @zlluny working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

IOHIDFamily

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2025-43302: Keisuke Hosoda

Kernel

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A UDP server socket bound to a local interface may become bound to all interfaces

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2025-43359: Viktor Oreshkin

LaunchServices

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to monitor keystrokes without user permission

Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2025-43362: Philipp Baldauf

libc

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service

Description: A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2025-43299: Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)

CVE-2025-43295: Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon)

MobileStorageMounter

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2025-43355: Dawuge of Shuffle Team

Notes

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: An attacker with physical access to an unlocked device may be able to view an image in the most recently viewed locked note

Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

CVE-2025-43203: Tom Brzezinski

Shortcuts

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass sandbox restrictions

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

CVE-2025-43358: 정답이 아닌 해답

WebKit

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: A website may be able to access sensor information without user consent

Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

WebKit Bugzilla: 296153

CVE-2025-43356: Jaydev Ahire

WebKit

Available for: iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 7th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash

Description: A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks.

WebKit Bugzilla: 296042

CVE-2025-43342: an anonymous researcher

Additional recognition

IOGPUFamily

We would like to acknowledge Wang Yu of Cyberserval for their assistance.

libpthread

We would like to acknowledge Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon) for their assistance.

libxml2

We would like to acknowledge Nathaniel Oh (@calysteon) for their assistance.

Lockdown Mode

We would like to acknowledge Pyrophoria and Ethan Day, kado for their assistance.

Wi-Fi

We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog), an anonymous researcher for their assistance.

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