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

About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.7.7

MacOS Ventura 13.7.7
Released July 29, 2025

Admin Framework
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-43191: Ryan Dowd (@_rdowd)

afclip
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-43186: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

AMD
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2025-43244: ABC Research s.r.o.

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-31243: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-43249: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: A downgrade issue was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.
CVE-2025-43245: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

CFNetwork
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-43222: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Nosebeard Labs

CFNetwork
Available for: macOS Ventura

Impact: A non-privileged user may be able to modify restricted network settings

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

CVE-2025-43223: Andreas Jaegersberger & Ro Achterberg of Noseb
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2025-43220: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Core Services
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-43199: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman), an anonymous researcher

CoreMedia
Available for: macOS Ventura
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-2025-43210: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

CoreServices
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-43195: 风沐云烟 (@binary_fmyy) and Minghao Lin (@Y1nKoc)

Disk Images
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Running an hdiutil command may unexpectedly execute arbitrary code
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2025-43187: 风沐云烟 (@binary_fmyy) and Minghao Lin (@Y1nKoc)

file
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-43254: 2ourc3 | Salim Largo

File Bookmark
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-43261: an anonymous researcher

Find My
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to fingerprint the user
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-31279: Dawuge of Shuffle Team

Finder
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24119: an anonymous researcher

GPU Drivers
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-43255: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

ICU
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-43209: Gary Kwong working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-24224: Tony Iskow (@Tybbow)

LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code out of its sandbox or with certain elevated privileges
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2025-24119: an anonymous researcher

libxpc
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-43196: an anonymous researcher

NetAuth
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2025-43275: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji

Notes
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may gain unauthorized access to Local Network
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2025-43270: Minqiang Gui

Notes
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.
CVE-2025-43225: Kirin (@Pwnrin)

NSSpellChecker
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-43266: Noah Gregory (wts.dev)

PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-43247: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2025-43194: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-43232: Koh M. Nakagawa (@tsunek0h), Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji and Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)

Power Management
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-43236: Dawuge of Shuffle Team

SceneKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to read files outside of its sandbox
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-43241: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Security
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A malicious app acting as a HTTPS proxy could get access to sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2025-43233: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)

SecurityAgent
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2025-43193: Dawuge of Shuffle Team

SharedFileList
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2025-43250: Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020), Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

Shortcuts
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A shortcut may be able to bypass sensitive Shortcuts app settings
Description: This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent.
CVE-2025-43184: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji

Single Sign-On
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks.
CVE-2025-43197: Shang-De Jiang and Kazma Ye of CyCraft Technology

sips
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2025-43239: Nikolai Skliarenko of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Software Update
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2025-43243: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Keith Yeo (@kyeojy) from Team Orca of Sea Security

System Settings
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.
CVE-2025-43206: Zhongquan Li (@Guluisacat)

WindowServer
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked device may be able to view sensitive user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2025-43259: Martti Hütt

Xsan
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2025-43238: an anonymous researcher