Apple Patches Crypto Heist Vulnerability
Apple Issues Urgent Update After Crypto Security Threat
Apple has issued a critical security update to address a zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2025-43300, that puts cryptocurrency users at risk of exploitation. The flaw, found in the Image I/O framework used across Apple’s devices, enables attackers to execute arbitrary code by processing a malicious image file [1]. According to Apple’s advisory, the vulnerability was exploited in highly sophisticated attacks targeting specific individuals [2]. The company has released patches for macOS Sonoma 14.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.7.8, iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 17.7.10, and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 [2].
The vulnerability, classified as an out-of-bounds write issue, allows attackers to corrupt device memory and…
