Live › vulnerability › CVE-2025-43529
Go to dashboardA use-after-free bug in Apple's WebKit browser engine lets a crafted web page corrupt memory on iOS, iPadOS, macOS and other Apple products. Attackers are already exploiting it in the wild, and it can also affect non-Apple apps that use WebKit to parse HTML.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 5h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Multiple Products | vendor | – | – |
| apple safari | vendor | < 26.2 | 26.2 |
| apple ipados | vendor | < 18.7.3 | 18.7.3 |
| apple ipados | vendor | >= 26.0, < 26.2 | 26.2 |
| apple iphone os | vendor | < 18.7.3 | 18.7.3 |
| apple iphone os |
| vendor |
| >= 26.0, < 26.2 |
| 26.2 |
| apple macos | vendor | >= 26.0, < 26.2 | 26.2 |
| apple tvos | vendor | < 26.2 | 26.2 |
| apple visionos | vendor | < 26.2 | 26.2 |
| apple watchos | vendor | < 26.2 | 26.2 |
Unknown from the sources.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
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.
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