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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Network-reachable via crafted web page, no privileges needed, user must visit page (UI:R), crash-only impact maps to A:H with no C or I impact confirmed.
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CVSS VectorVendor: apple
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.
AnalysisAI
Out-of-bounds read in Safari's web content processing engine causes an unexpected application crash when rendering maliciously crafted web content. Affected are Safari prior to 26.5.2, iOS and iPadOS prior to 26.5.2, and macOS Tahoe prior to 26.5.2. …
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| Exploitation | The user must actively navigate to or be redirected to a page serving maliciously crafted web content - this is the UI:R (user interaction required) constraint in the CVSS vector. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) accurately captures a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated denial-of-service triggered by user interaction. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker hosts a web page containing maliciously crafted content - such as a specially structured HTML/CSS/JS payload - designed to trigger the out-of-bounds read in Safari's web content parser. When a user navigates to this page, Safari processes the content, the bounds check fails, the OOB read occurs, and Safari crashes. … |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: Safari 26.5.2, iOS and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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EUVD-2026-40193
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