CVE-2025-43457 — Use After Free in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-416 — Use After Free13 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Safari+4 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMar 19

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.1, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/safari< 26.1
▶NVDapple/safari< 26.1
▶CVEListV5apple/macos< 26.1
▶NVDapple/ipados< 26.1
▶CVEListV5apple/watchos< 26.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-9c63-94gf-85h2: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-11-04
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OSV
CVE-2025-43457: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-11-04
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CVEList
CVE-2025-43457: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-11-04
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OSV
CVE-2025-43457: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Red Hat
webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash↗2026-03-18
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Apple
CVE-2025-43457: iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1↗2025-11-03
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Apple
CVE-2025-43457: Safari 26.1↗2025-11-03
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Apple
CVE-2025-43457: macOS Tahoe 26.1↗2025-11-03
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Apple
CVE-2025-43457: visionOS 26.1↗2025-11-03
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-43457 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash [fedora-all]↗2026-03-19
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