CVE-2025-43529

Summary

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, tvOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 was also issued in response to this report.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AppleSafari0 < 26.2affected
AppleiOS and iPadOS0 < 18.7.3affected
AppleiOS and iPadOS0 < 26.2affected
ApplemacOS0 < 26.2affected
AppletvOS0 < 26.2affected
ApplevisionOS0 < 26.2affected
ApplewatchOS0 < 26.2affected

Weaknesses

  • Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 was also issued in response to this report.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: active
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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