CVE-2025-46298 Memory corruption in Safari
Attackers can cause a process crash by tricking users into visiting malicious web content in Apple Safari and related operating systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-46298?
CVE-2025-46298 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 9 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.2, iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, tvOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46298?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Safari, Apple Tvos, Apple Visionos and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-46298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-46298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f2cj-whwv-wjfw.