Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2025· Updated Aug 14, 2026
CVE-2025-43438
CVE-2025-43438
Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.1, iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, visionOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.
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Affected products
57cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <26.1
- (no CPE)range: 26.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <26.1
- (no CPE)range: 18.7.2, 26.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <26.1
- (no CPE)range: 26.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <26.1
- (no CPE)range: 26.1
- Range: 26.1
- Range: 18.7.2, 26.1
- osv-coords46 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk4&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/webkit2gtk4&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk3-soup2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/webkit2gtk4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1+ 45 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-4.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-4.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.0-150400.4.137.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.52.1-160000.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22789nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22790nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43438nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-43438.jsonnvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/125632nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/125633nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/125634nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/125638nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/125639nvd
- support.apple.com/en-us/125640nvd
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