Apple watchOS Web Contents denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple watchOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-43211. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, iPadOS 17.7.9, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, tvOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, visionOS 2.6. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43211 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 245574 (Fedora 42 : webkitgtk (2025-61ca72f430)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (245574) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1703). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • IGEL OS
  • Open Source WebKitGTK

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 245574
Nessus Name: Fedora 42 : webkitgtk (2025-61ca72f430)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/30/2025 +105 days Advisory disclosed
07/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/26/2025 +27 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43211 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43211
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318131
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1703 - WebKitGTK: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2025 08:16
Updated: 08/26/2025 02:33
Changes: 07/30/2025 08:16 (54), 07/31/2025 03:50 (1), 08/04/2025 15:18 (7), 08/08/2025 16:07 (2), 08/26/2025 02:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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