CVE-2025-43342 (GCVE-0-2025-43342)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 22:35 – Updated: 2026-04-02 18:18
VLAI
Summary
A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 26, iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7, iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, watchOS 26. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple Safari Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: 0 , < 18.7 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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Apple macOS Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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Apple tvOS Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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Apple visionOS Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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Apple watchOS Affected: 0 , < 26 (custom)
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