CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43699

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

15th percentile — higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in Safari, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Tahoe could lead to an unexpected process crash when processing maliciously crafted web content. The issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a browser or system crash, potentially leading to denial of service (DoS) or arbitrary code execution.

Recommendation

Immediately update Safari to version 26.5.2 and iOS/iPadOS/macOS Tahoe to the corresponding 26.5.2 versions.

Original NVD description (English source)

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS