CVE-2025-43529

high KEV
Published 2025-12-18 ยท Modified 2025-12-15
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.5

Description

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain a use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Apple
Product
Multiple Products
Due date
2026-01-05

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Apple Security HT ยท View original โ†— ยท proprietary-no-redistribution
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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
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debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.50.4-1~deb13u1
sid Fixed 2.50.4-1
forky Fixed 2.50.4-1
bullseye Fixed 2.50.4-1~deb11u1
bookworm Fixed 2.50.4-1~deb12u1
redhat Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
9 Fixed โ€”
8 Fixed โ€”
rockylinux Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
9 Fixed โ€”
8 Fixed โ€”

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.