Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2026 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2026-28979

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read 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 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari 0 – before 26.5.2
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.7.100 – before 26.5.2
Apple macOS 0 – before 26.5.2
Apple tvOS 0 – before 26.6
Apple visionOS 0 – before 26.6
Apple watchOS 0 – before 26.6

Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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