No. Worst case scenario is the attacker gains control of the device. 

Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption, worst case scenario the device will then crash, right?

blogclif

petertodd

Patch is what apple has been hounding you about the past few days

Interesting hopefully a patch comes soon 

BlokchainB

Doesn't mention whether `lockdown mode` mitigates. Not in the CVE, not in the release notes. And this touches macOS as well.

optimism

Such disclosures give a very pessimistic view on the current state of technology.

Why is security so hard?

asterisk32

https://xcancel.com/CookerFlips/status/1958973617708179929

nitter

 an image is enough to trigger the exploit.

security

Apparently just *viewing* an image is enough to trigger the exploit.  

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/apple-patches-cve-2025-43300-zero-day.html

[Reportedly this was used to gain access and drain the hot wallets of some high net worth individuals.](https://x.com/CookerFlips/status/1958973617708179929)

Apple bug: [CVE-2025-43300](https://support.apple.com/en-us/124925)

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