What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-46298?

CVE-2025-46298 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Apple are affected by CVE-2025-46298?

Organizations using The should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-46298, a buffer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Exploitation could cause memory corruption or application crashes.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-46298?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Apple CVE-2025-46298

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2026-01-09 product-security@apple.com

Apple Buffer Overflow

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jan 09, 2026 - 22:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, watchOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

AnalysisAI

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, watchOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2. [CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM]

Technical ContextAI

Classified as CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow). Affects Safari. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 26.2, Safari 26.2, watchOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, and stack canaries where possible. Restrict network access to the affected service where possible.