CVE-2025-43529 Apple — Exploit & Vulnerability Details HIGH

Parameter	Value
CVSS	8.8 (HIGH)
Affected Versions	26.0 — 26.2
Fixed In	26.2
Type	CWE-416 (Use After Free)
Vendor	Apple
Public PoC	Yes

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 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.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector

Network

Can be exploited remotely

Attack Complexity

Low

Easy to exploit

Privileges Required

None

No privileges needed

User Interaction

Required

User action required

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality

High

Complete data leak

Integrity

High

Complete data modification

Availability

High

Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v3.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-416 Use After Free

Vulnerable Products 9

Configuration	From (including)	Up to (excluding)
Apple Safari cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari::::::::	—	`26.2`
Apple Ipados cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	—	`18.7.3`
Apple Ipados cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	`26.0`	`26.2`
Apple Iphone_Os cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	—	`18.7.3`
Apple Iphone_Os cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	`26.0`	`26.2`
Apple Macos cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	—	`26.2`
Apple Tvos cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::	—	`26.2`
Apple Visionos cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos::::::::	—	`26.2`
Apple Watchos cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::	—	`26.2`