Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessInstall or run malicious app locally
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ExploitInvoke vulnerable OS code path
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ExecutionOverflow buffer / corrupt memory
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ImpactUnexpected system termination (DoS)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already have an app running locally on the target Apple device (AV:L, PR:L, no user interaction per UI:N); per the description 'An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory.' There is no network vector, no credential/privilege escalation precondition beyond the ability to execute an app, and no special non-default configuration named in the sources - the specific feature or API that triggers the overflow is not described in the available sources. The principal limiting factor is the local attack surface: an attacker must first get code (an app) onto the device, which bounds realistic risk well below a remote flaw; stated impact is limited to a crash/denial of service and partial process-memory corruption, with no confidentiality impact. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, locally-exploitable memory-corruption flaw (CWE-119 buffer overflow) whose signals are internally consistent and point to low real-world urgency despite broad product reach. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H, 6.1) describes a flaw that requires code already running on the device - i.e. a malicious or compromised app - with low privileges, yielding high availability impact (crash/unexpected system termination) and only limited integrity impact (process memory corruption) and no confidentiality impact. EPSS is low at 0.22% (12th percentile), SSVC reports Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no proof-of-concept reference in the supplied data. These signals agree: no exploitation observed, low predicted exploitation probability, local-only attack vector, and limited (non-confidentiality, non-code-execution-as-stated) impact. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' rather than act_now/emergency, consistent with a patch-when-convenient posture. The one caveat is that buffer overflows in OS components can sometimes be chained toward code execution, but the description claims only termination/memory corruption and no such escalation is evidenced here - treat it as a stability/robustness fix, not a priority remote threat. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user installs or runs a malicious or compromised app on an Apple device; the app exercises the vulnerable code path to overflow a buffer, corrupting process memory or forcing unexpected system termination (a crash/denial of service). No public exploit code or PoC is referenced in the available data, and exploitation requires the attacker to already be able to run an app locally on the device. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Memory corruption in Apple's mobile and desktop operating systems (iOS/iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS) allows an app already executing on the device to trigger a buffer overflow that terminates the system or corrupts process memory. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N, C:N/I:L/A:H) confirms a local attack path with low privileges and no user interaction, so the practical gate is getting an app onto the target device; there is no confidentiality impact. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, EPSS is only 0.22% (12th percentile) and CISA SSVC records exploitation as none with automatable: no, so this is a moderate-severity, patch-on-normal-cadence item rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patches are available: update to iOS 26.7.2 or iPadOS 26.7.2 (or iOS/iPadOS 27.2), macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2 and watchOS 27.2, choosing the branch that matches each device's current major version. Apple does not describe any workaround or configuration change for this memory-handling fix, so applying the listed updates is the complete remediation; the eight support.apple.com advisories linked in the references carry the per-platform detail. Given SSVC exploitation: none, EPSS 0.22%, no KEV listing and the local-only attack surface, rollout can follow a normal monthly patch cycle, but devices handling untrusted third-party apps should be prioritised because the only precondition is the ability to run an app on the target.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classed CWE-119 (improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer), and Apple's advisory states only that it was addressed through improved memory handling - the specific component, API or parsing path that overflows is not described in the available sources, so the exact trigger is unverified. Because the CPE entries for ios_and_ipados, macos, tvos, visionos and watchos are version-wildcarded and the same advisory text spans nine release notes, this is most plausibly shared code across Apple's platforms rather than a single product-specific service. The CVSS metrics describe severity, not mechanism: AV:L and PR:L reflect that an attacker must already run code as an app on the device, UI:N means no additional user prompting is required beyond that, and A:H with I:L matches the stated effect of unexpected system termination plus partial process-memory corruption while C:N rules out data disclosure.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
A locally-running app with low privilege triggers the flaw without user interaction; impact is high availability (termination) and low integrity (memory corruption), no confidentiality, scope unchanged.
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CVSS VectorVendor: apple
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4DescriptionCVE.org
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Sequoia 15.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory.
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GHSA-537r-wp95-43g9
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