Safari use-after-free crash on watchOS/iOS @26.1
CVE-2025-43438 Published on November 4, 2025

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, Safari 26.1, iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, visionOS 26.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-43438 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 small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
LOW

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-2025-43438 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

Apple Safari: Apple macOS: Apple visionOS: Apple watchOS: Apple iOS and iPadOS: Apple iOS and iPadOS:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
16.87%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.