Apple WebKit Memory Handling Crash Fixed v26.2
CVE-2025-46298 Published on January 9, 2026

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, watchOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-46298 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.

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

Weakness Type

What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?

The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

CVE-2025-46298 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

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

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
13.94%

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.