---
id: "CVE-2026-86992"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-86992"]
title: "Apple: crafted video file crashes apps on iOS, iPadOS and macOS"
severity: "low"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["infrastructure", "ios", "ipados", "macos", "tvos", "visionos", "watchos"]
not_affected_if: ["already-patched-version"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T21:20:38+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T21:55:22+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T21:56:24+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86992", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T21:55:22+00:00"}]
---

# Apple: crafted video file crashes apps on iOS, iPadOS and macOS

Processing a maliciously crafted video file can make an app terminate unexpectedly on Apple platforms. 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 OS version on iPhone or iPad under Settings > General > About, and on Mac under Apple menu > About This Mac; compare against the fixed versions listed in the fix.
- unknown for any other check, since the sources do not say which apps or media paths are affected.

## Fix

- Update iOS and iPadOS to `26.7.2` or `27.2`.
- Update macOS Tahoe to `26.7.2`, macOS Sequoia to `15.8.2`, or macOS Golden Gate to `27.2`.
- Update tvOS, visionOS and watchOS to `27.2`.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T21:55:22+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86992

## From the sources

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. Processing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected app termination.

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