CVE-2025-43531

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, visionOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125884	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125885	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125886	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125889	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125890	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125891	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/125892	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-17 21:16

Updated : 2026-01-07 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-43531

Mitre link : CVE-2025-43531

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-43531

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

ipados
iphone_os
tvos
visionos
safari
macos
watchos

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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