Use-After-Free in Safari <16.6 leading to memory corruption (CVE-2023-43000)
CVE-2023-43000 Published on November 5, 2025
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-43000 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2023-43000 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-43000
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS:- Version unspecified and below 13.5 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 16.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 16.6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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