Browser crash via WebKit use-after-free
Published Mar 31, 2025 · Updated Jul 23, 2026
Use-after-free in Apple WebKit allows remote attackers to crash Safari through crafted web content on affected Apple platforms. WebKit accesses an object after its lifetime ends during content processing; Apple identifies Bugzilla issue 285643 but does not disclose the object or code path. Exploitation requires a user to process attacker-controlled web content, and the documented consequence is an unexpected Safari crash rather than data access or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Apple WebKit allows remote attackers to crash Safari through crafted web content on affected Apple platforms. WebKit accesses an object after its lifetime ends during content processing; Apple identifies Bugzilla issue 285643 but does not disclose the object or code path. Exploitation requires a user to process attacker-controlled web content, and the documented consequence is an unexpected Safari crash rather than data access or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-30427
- Published
- Mar 31, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 31, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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