Apple Multiple products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
What happened
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
CISA lists it as exploited, added 05 Mar 2026.
Does it affect you
Names Apple macOS. Enter the product and version you run to place it against the affected range the vendor published.
What to do
- Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
support.apple.com - Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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CISA’s notes for this entry:
Affected, as published to NVD
- macos
- Apple macOS: everything below 13.5
The record
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 05 Nov 2025, last modified 21 Sep 2026 (NVD)
- Severity
- CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8, High — computed here from the vector; NVD states 8.8.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-416 Use After Free (NVD; names by MITRE)
- Exploitation
- Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue since 05 Mar 2026; federal remediation due 26 Mar 2026. CISA entry
- Vendor
- Apple · Multiple Products (CISA)
References on the NVD record
- support.apple.com/en-us/120324Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120331Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/120338Release NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/126632Release NotesVendor Advisory
- cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/coruna-powerful-ios-exploit-kitExploitThird Party Advisory
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-43000US Government Resource
Sources
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