A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.
History

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Title Use‑After‑Free in Apple Systems Causes Kernel Corruption and System Termination

Tue, 12 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Title Use‑After‑Free Causing Kernel Memory Corruption on Apple OS
Weaknesses CWE-122

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 11 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Title Use‑After‑Free Causing Kernel Memory Corruption on Apple OS
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-416

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apple
Apple ios And Ipados
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple ios And Ipados
Apple macos
Apple tvos
Apple visionos
Apple watchos

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-05-11T20:08:40.859Z

Updated: 2026-05-12T18:06:48.480Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T22:46:21.640Z

Link: CVE-2026-43668

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T18:06:41.320Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-11T21:19:02.023

Modified: 2026-05-12T18:17:28.087

Link: CVE-2026-43668

cve-icon Redhat

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