---
id: "CVE-2026-112615"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112615"]
title: "Apple Safari and iOS: use-after-free from web content crashes browser"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["ios", "ipados", "macos", "safari", "tvos", "vendor", "visionos", "watchos"]
not_affected_if: ["patched-version"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T21:17:54+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T21:20:28+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:27:24+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112615", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T21:20:28+00:00"}]
---

# Apple Safari and iOS: use-after-free from web content crashes browser

A use-after-free memory bug in Apple's WebKit-based browser stack lets maliciously crafted web content terminate the process unexpectedly. The sources describe a crash, not code execution or data access.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the device or Mac OS version against the fixed releases listed in the sources, such as Safari 27.2 or iOS 26.7.2.
- unknown for any other check, since the sources do not say.

## Fix

- Update Safari to `27.2` on macOS and to the iOS/iPadOS `26.7.2` or `27.2` builds listed in the sources.
- Update macOS Golden Gate, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS to `27.2`.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T21:20:28+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112615

## From the sources

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 27.2, iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process termination.

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