CVE-2025-43531

low-risk

Published 2025-12-17

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. 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 an unexpected process crash.

Do I need to act?

0.17% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 3.1/10 Low

NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (7)

Safari

Ipados

Iphone Os

Macos

Tvos

Visionos

Watchos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (7)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/125892

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low-risk

Severity 11/34 · Low

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate