Apple iOS/iPadOS Web Content memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Content Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-24216. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component Web Content Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in visionOS 2.4, tvOS 18.4, iPadOS 17.7.6, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, Safari 18.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24216 since 01/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/10/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234072 (AlmaLinux 9 : webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2025:3713)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234072). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

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