CVE-2025-43370 (GCVE-0-2025-43370)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 22:34 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:08
VLAI
Summary
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Xcode 26. Processing an overly large path value may crash a process.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-16 15:01 UTC
CWE
  • Processing an overly large path value may crash a process
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple Xcode Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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