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CVE-2025-43529 - Apple Multiple Products

AI Vulnerability Context

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 spec...

Overview

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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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Vulnerability status

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2025-43529
Vendor/project
Apple
Product
Multiple Products
Vulnerability name
Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free WebKit Vulnerability
Date added
2025-12-15
Due date
2026-01-05
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
8.8
CWE-416

Exploit context

What the vulnerability is about.

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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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43529CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataproduct-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125884product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125885product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125886product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125889product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125890product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125891product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/125892134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-43529