Medium CVSS 8.8 webkit Logic Error CISA KEV 🧬 Front-end validation exempts a record the backend still uses

Overview

Medium
Severity
8.8
CVSS
No
Exploited ITW
Embargoed
Fix Status
DescriptionProcessing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26. CVE-2025-43529 was also issued in response to this report.
ComponentWebKit
Bug ClassLogic Error
Tracker303614
CWECWE-787, CWE-119 (Out-of-bounds write, Buffer bounds error)
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA KEVListed
CreditedApple and Google Threat Analysis Group
Disclosed2025-12-12

Fix not yet public

No public source fix for this bug has been identified on the main branch yet — it is embargoed or not yet disclosed. Root-cause analysis is withheld until the fix commit is available.

Vendor advisory note

No root-cause analysis yet: the upstream bug is still restricted, so there is no public fix commit to analyze. The vendor's advisory describes the fix only as:

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.

Original Bug Report

The reporter's bug is still restricted on the tracker.