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Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-43216

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity use-after-free in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.48.5-1.el8_10ALSA-2025:13780
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.48.5-1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13782
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.48.5-1.el8_10ALSA-2025:13780
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.48.5-1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13782
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.48.5-1.el8_10ALSA-2025:13780
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.48.5-1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13782
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.48.5-1.el8_10ALSA-2025:13780
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.48.5-1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13782
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.48.5-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-43216
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.48.5-1~deb12u1DSA-5978-1
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.48.5-1~deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-43216
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.48.5-1~deb13u1DSA-5978-1
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.48.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-43216
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-43216
Debian:13wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-43216
Debian:14wpewebkit2.48.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-43216
Rocky Linux:8webkit2gtk30:2.48.5-1.el8_10RLSA-2025:13780
Rocky Linux:9webkit2gtk30:2.48.5-1.el9_6RLSA-2025:13782
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-43216
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-43216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-7702-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1USN-7702-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-43216

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari 0 – before 18.6
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.6
Apple iPadOS 0 – before 17.7.9
Apple macOS 0 – before 15.6
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18.6
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2.6
Apple watchOS 0 – before 11.6

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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