CVE•Published 2025-12-17•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-43529Apple · Safari

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 5% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416Use After Free

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, tvOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, watchOS 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.

Timeline

Published 2025-12-17

Modified 2026-10-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-43529

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Apple Safari"

All exposed Apple Safari instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Safari"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Safari" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-43529