CVE-2026-43720

Overview

Advisory: Apple Security Advisory

Impact:

Description: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash

Researchers: Josef Korbel, Gia Bui (@yabeow) from Calif.io

Attribute Value
CVE CVE-2026-43720
Bugzilla 313175
Component WebCore
Bug Class UAF
Severity medium
Commit 040ef6e21ffac03b…
Advisory Apple Advisory

Root Cause Analysis

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

Files Changed

Source Files

  • Source/WebCore/html/HTMLCanvasElement.cpp
  • Source/WebCore/html/OffscreenCanvas.cpp

Test Files

  • LayoutTests/fast/canvas/canvas-getContext-reentrant-expected.txt
  • LayoutTests/fast/canvas/canvas-getContext-reentrant.html