6.5 Medium
CVE-2026-28972
Apple iOS and iPadOS vulnerability
AppleiOS and iPadOS
Status
- Not in CISA KEV
- Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 26 Oct
1.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Higher than 72% of scored CVEs
SeverityCVSS
6.5Medium
Description NVD
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.
Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet
- Apple patches 82 macOS flaws, highlights WiFi and kernel bugsthezdi.com · first in our coverage · mentions it in passing