About the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.7.3

This document describes the security content of macOS Sequoia 15.7.3.

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macOS Sequoia 15.7.3

AppleJPEG

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: Processing a file may lead to memory corruption

Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

CVE-2025-43539: Michael Reeves (@IntegralPilot)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to bypass launch constraint protections and execute malicious code with elevated privileges

Description: The issue was addressed by adding additional logic.

CVE-2025-43320: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data

Description: A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

CVE-2025-43522: an anonymous researcher

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.

CVE-2025-43521: an anonymous researcher

AppleMobileFileIntegrity

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2025-43519: an anonymous researcher

CVE-2025-43523: an anonymous researcher

AppSandbox

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.

CVE-2025-46289: an anonymous researcher

Audio

Available for: macOS Sequoia

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

Description: The issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2025-43482: Michael Reeves (@IntegralPilot), Jex Amro

Call History

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data

Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

CVE-2025-43517: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)

Call History

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An attacker may be able to spoof their FaceTime caller ID

Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2025-46287: an anonymous researcher, Riley Walz

curl

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: Multiple issues in curl

Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.

CVE-2024-7264

CVE-2025-9086

FaceTime

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: Password fields may be unintentionally revealed when remotely controlling a device over FaceTime

Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2025-43542: Yiğit Ocak

Foundation

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to inappropriately access files through the spellcheck API

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2025-43518: Noah Gregory (wts.dev)

Foundation

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: Processing malicious data may lead to unexpected app termination

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2025-43532: Andrew Calvano and Lucas Pinheiro of Meta Product Security

Kernel

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2025-43512: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs

Kernel

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges

Description: An integer overflow was addressed by adopting 64-bit timestamps.

CVE-2025-46285: Kaitao Xie and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group

libarchive

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: Processing a file may lead to memory corruption

Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.

CVE-2025-5918

MDM Configuration Tools

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information

Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

CVE-2025-43513: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs

Messages

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved privacy controls.

CVE-2025-46276: Rosyna Keller of Totally Not Malicious Software

Networking

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.

CVE-2025-43509: Haoling Zhou, Shixuan Zhao (@NSKernel), Chao Wang (@evi0s), Zhiqiang Lin from SecLab of The Ohio State University

SoftwareUpdate

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2025-43519: an anonymous researcher

StorageKit

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2025-43527: an anonymous researcher

StorageKit

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.

CVE-2025-43463: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Amy (@asentientbot)

sudo

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2025-43416: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)

Voice Control

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: A user with Voice Control enabled may be able to transcribe another user's activity

Description: A session management issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2025-43516: Kay Belardinelli (Harvard University)

VoiceOver

Available for: macOS Sequoia

Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2025-43530: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Additional recognition

Sandbox

We would like to acknowledge Arnaud Abbati for their assistance.