A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 was also issued in response to this report.
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Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Title webkitgtk: webkitgtk: Use-after-free due to improper memory management
Weaknesses CWE-825
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Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000

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Description A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-14174 was also issued in response to this report.
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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-01-05T00:00:00+00:00'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T04:55:15.285Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T15:27:21.197Z

Link: CVE-2025-43529

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-17T21:05:42.168Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-17T21:16:11.570

Modified: 2025-12-17T21:16:11.570

Link: CVE-2025-43529

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-12-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-43529 - Bugzilla

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