Apple Safari UAF DoS (before 18.6)
CVE-2025-43216 Published on July 30, 2025
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, watchOS 11.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, iPadOS 17.7.9, tvOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, visionOS 2.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-43216 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 have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
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-2025-43216 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-43216
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Affected Versions
Apple Safari:- Version unspecified and below 18.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 17.7 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 15.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 18.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 11.6 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 18.6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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