CVE-2026-28857
Modified Modified - Updated After Analysis

Memory Handling Flaw in Safari Causes Process Crash

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-28857, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-03-25

Last updated on: 2026-06-30

Assigner: Apple Inc.

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.4, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4, visionOS 26.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

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Published
2026-03-25
Last Modified
2026-06-30
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2026-03-25
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 5 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
apple ipados to 26.4 (exc)
apple iphone_os to 26.4 (exc)
apple macos From 26.0 (inc) to 26.4 (exc)
apple visionos to 26.4 (exc)
apple safari to 26.4 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID Description
CWE-125 The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
CWE-120 The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
CWE-787 The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

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Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that processing specially crafted web content could cause the affected application or process to crash unexpectedly. This could lead to denial of service or disruption of normal device operation.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves improper memory handling when processing maliciously crafted web content. It can cause an unexpected process crash in affected Apple products such as Safari, iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, and visionOS.

Detection Guidance

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, update your Apple software to version 26.4 or later for Safari, iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, and visionOS, as these versions include the fix with improved memory handling.

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