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CVE-2025-43529

CVE-2025-43529HIGH

Apple Multiple Products

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .0876   95.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product         Versions     Fixed
  Safari          unspecified  —
  iOS and iPadOS  unspecified  —
  macOS           unspecified  —
  tvOS            unspecified  —
  visionOS        unspecified  —
  watchOS         unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by apple
  Dec 15  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-01-05
  Dec 17  Published (CNA: apple)

CWE-416 · CNA: apple · CVSS v3.1 · 8 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due January 5, 2026

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
April 16, 2025	Reserved	Reserved by apple
December 15, 2025	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2026-01-05
December 17, 2025	Published	Published (CNA: apple)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 6 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Apple	Safari	—	—	—
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	—	—	—
Apple	macOS	—	—	—
Apple	tvOS	—	—	—
Apple	visionOS	—	—	—
Apple	watchOS	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (8)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125892 [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-43529 [US Government Resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-43529 at cve.org

Vendors: apple

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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