CVE-2025-43216

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, iPadOS 17.7.9, macOS Sequoia 15.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, watchOS 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

Published: 2025-07-29 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-43216 is rated Moderate Risk (46.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.96%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-43216

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.67% 0.96% +0.29%
2 2026-05-25 0.15% 0.67% +0.52%
3 2026-04-14 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-43216

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-43216

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-43216

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-43216 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (webkit2gtk, wpewebkit), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 7, open 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43216
gentoo high CVE-2025-43216: 1 GLSA(s) (202511-02), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/webkit-gtk); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2025-43216
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43216
suse medium CVE-2025-43216 severity moderate: SUSE including 107 source package names (WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.48.5-150400.4.122.1, WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.48.5-150600.12.43.1, …), 402 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (34 product lines)): Fixed 375, Known Not Affected 27. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43216/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-43216 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk, wpewebkit), 31 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, upstream, xenial): ignored 14, DNE 9, needs-triage 4, released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-43216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-43216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 18.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados < 17.7.9 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados >= 18.0, < 18.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 18.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos < 15.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 18.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple visionos < 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 11.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-43216

URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124147 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124148 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124152 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124153 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124154 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/124155 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Aug/0
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/30
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/31
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/35
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/36
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/02/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00015.html
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