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Apple WebKit EUVDEUVD-2026-60483

| CVE-2026-64780 MEDIUM
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-08-17 apple GHSA-7w24-62g3-4wp2
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: apple
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Host malicious webpage with crafted content
  2. Delivery
    Lure user to visit page in Safari
  3. Exploit
    WebKit parser processes malformed data
  4. Execution
    Buffer boundary exceeded (CWE-119)
  5. Impact
    Safari process crashes

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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

The user must actively open or navigate to a maliciously crafted webpage using Safari on an affected Apple device running iOS/iPadOS prior to 18.7.10 or 26.6.1, or macOS Tahoe prior to 26.6.2. The CVSS vector confirms UI:R (user interaction required) - passive network exposure without user action does not trigger the flaw. PR:N confirms no authentication or prior account access is required on the target system. Exploitation is limited to the availability of the Safari process; the CVSS Scope:Unchanged and Confidentiality:None/Integrity:None ratings indicate no data leakage or persistent system compromise results from the crash. Non-default configurations or specific features are not named in the description as prerequisites.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) is consistent with the available signals: network-reachable via a malicious webpage, no authentication required, but user interaction is necessary and impact is confined to availability. EPSS data was not provided in the intelligence feed, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified numerically. KEV status is absent, and no public proof-of-concept has been identified, making opportunistic mass exploitation unlikely at this time. The CVSS vector's Availability:Low rating indicates Safari process-level crash rather than system-wide denial of service, which limits operational impact - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in swidnica managing a fleet of iPhones and Macs should treat this as a routine patch-cycle item rather than an emergency response. The combination of low impact scope, required user interaction, and absence of exploit code suggests this is a genuine medium-severity finding rather than an elevated-risk outlier despite its network accessibility.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a webpage containing specially crafted web content designed to trigger a buffer boundary violation in WebKit's content processing pipeline. When a user on an unpatched Apple device opens that page in Safari, the malformed content causes Safari to crash unexpectedly, interrupting the browsing session. No public proof-of-concept has been identified, and the limited impact scope (crash only, no code execution) reduces the incentive for weaponization.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026

Safari crashes unexpectedly when processing maliciously crafted web content on Apple platforms due to a buffer boundary violation (CWE-119) in the WebKit rendering engine. Affected are all iOS and iPadOS releases prior to 18.7.10 and 26.6.1, and macOS Tahoe prior to 26.6.2. The impact is limited to availability - an attacker-controlled webpage can force Safari to crash - with no confirmed confidentiality or integrity consequence. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to update to Apple-released patched versions: iOS 18.7.10 or iOS 26.6.1 for iPhone and iPad users, and macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 for Mac users. These updates are available via Settings > General > Software Update on iOS/iPadOS and System Settings > General > Software Update on macOS. Vendor advisories confirming the fix are available at https://support.apple.com/en-us/148281 (iOS 18.7.10), https://support.apple.com/en-us/148282 (iOS/iPadOS 26.6.1), and https://support.apple.com/en-us/148287 (macOS Tahoe 26.6.2). If immediate patching is not feasible, a practical compensating control is to avoid visiting untrusted or unknown websites in Safari until the update is applied; using an alternative browser does not mitigate the risk if web content is later opened in Safari. No additional workarounds beyond patching have been published by Apple.

Affected VersionsENISA

iOS and iPadOS 0 <18.7.10
iOS and iPadOS 0 <26.6.1
macOS 0 <26.6.2

Affected Packages

euvd ios_and_ipados fix: 18.7.10, 26.6.1
euvd macos fix: 26.6.2

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

WebKit is Apple's open-source browser engine powering Safari across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer) covers cases where a program reads or writes memory outside the intended buffer boundaries. Apple's advisory language - 'addressed with improved checks' - is consistent with added bounds validation or input sanitization in the web content parsing or rendering pipeline. The CPE strings (cpe:2.3:a:apple:ios_and_ipados and cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos) confirm the flaw spans all supported Apple operating-system tiers that ship Safari. Because the CVSS Scope is Unchanged and impact is Availability:Low, the overflow likely causes a controlled process crash rather than arbitrary code execution - a heap- or stack-guard mechanism appears to contain it at crash-level rather than allowing exploitation for code flow hijacking.

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Severity by source

Vendor (apple) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Web content delivery via network requires user to open a page; crash impact is Safari-process only, with no confidentiality or integrity consequence.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE MEDIUM
Red Hat 8.8 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (apple).

CVSS VectorVendor: apple

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Aug 18, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Aug 17, 2026 - 22:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 17, 2026 - 21:29 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 17, 2026 - 21:29 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10, iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1, macOS Tahoe 26.6.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Safari ships as default browser on hundreds of millions of Apple devices
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
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