High Threat Security Alert (A25-12-14): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Products


 

Published on: 15 December 2025

Description:

Apple has released iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, iOS 18.7.3, iPadOS 18.7.3, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.3, macOS Tahoe 26.2, Safari 26.2, tvOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2 and watchOS 26.2 to fix the vulnerabilities in various Apple devices. The list of vulnerabilities information can be found at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125887
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125888
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125892

Reports indicated that the remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-14174 and CVE-2025-43529) are being exploited in the wild. System administrators are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

 

Affected Systems:

  • iPhone XS and later
  • iPad 7th generation and later, Air 3rd generation and later, mini 5th generation and later, Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, Pro 12.9-inch 3rd generation and later, Pro 13-inch
  • macOS Sequoia prior to version 15.7.3
  • macOS Sonoma prior to version 14.8.3
  • macOS Tahoe prior to version 26.2
  • Safari prior to version 26.2
  • tvOS prior to version 26.2
  • visionOS prior to version 26.2
  • watchOS prior to version 26.2

For detailed information of the affected systems, please refer to the corresponding security advisory at vendor's website.

 

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerabilities exploited, a successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, elevation of privilege, information disclosure, security restriction bypass, spoofing or tampering on an affected system.

 

Recommendation:

Patches for affected products are available. Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

The updates can be obtained through the auto-update mechanism. Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

 

More Information:

  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125887
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125888
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891
  • https://support.apple.com/en-us/125892
  • https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/apple-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20251215
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7264
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8906
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-5918
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-9086
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-14174
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43320
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43410
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43416
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43428
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43463
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43475
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43482
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43501
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43509
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43511 (to CVE-2025-43514)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43516 (to CVE-2025-43519)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43521 (to CVE-2025-43523)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43526 (to CVE-2025-43527)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43529 (to CVE-2025-43533)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43535 (to CVE-2025-43536)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43538 (to CVE-2025-43539)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-43541 (to CVE-2025-43542)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-46276 (to CVE-2025-46279)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-46281 (to CVE-2025-46283)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-46285
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-46287 (to CVE-2025-46289)
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-46291 (to CVE-2025-46292)


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