Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Safari and Apple Operating Systems
CVE-2025-43457 
Currently unrated
Key Information:
- Vendor
 Apple
- Vendor
 - CVE Published:
 - 4 November 2025
 
What is CVE-2025-43457?
A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in Safari and various Apple operating systems, leading to potential crashes caused by processing maliciously crafted web content. Improved memory management techniques have been implemented to mitigate this risk, and users are encouraged to update to the latest versions of Safari, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS to ensure their systems remain secure.
Affected Version(s)
iOS and iPadOS < 26.1
Safari < 26.1
visionOS < 26.1