CVE-2025-43368

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-416•Use After Free

  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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

• apple•ios and ipados

  ≥ unspecified, < 26

• apple•ipados

  < 26.0

• apple•iphone_os

  < 26.0

• apple•macos

  < 26.0

• apple•safari

  ≥ unspecified, < 26 | < 26.0

References (6)

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125108
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125113
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/59
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/49
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/22/3