CVE-2025-43536
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-43536, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2025-12-17

Last updated on: 2026-04-02

Assigner: Apple Inc.

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. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

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Published
2025-12-17
Last Modified
2026-04-02
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2025-12-17
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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Affected Vendors & Products

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Vendor Product Version / Range
apple safari to 26.2 (exc)
apple ipados to 18.7.3 (exc)
apple ipados From 26.0 (inc) to 26.2 (exc)
apple iphone_os to 18.7.3 (exc)
apple iphone_os From 26.0 (inc) to 26.2 (exc)
apple macos to 26.2 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID Description
CWE-416 The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a use-after-free issue in Apple software, which means that the system improperly manages memory by using memory after it has been freed. This can cause unexpected process crashes when processing maliciously crafted web content. The issue has been fixed in specific versions of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to unexpected process crashes if a user processes maliciously crafted web content. This may cause denial of service or instability in affected applications or systems.

Mitigation Strategies

Update affected Apple products to the fixed versions: macOS Tahoe 26.2, iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3, and iPadOS 18.7.3 to address the use-after-free issue and prevent unexpected process crashes.

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