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December 15, 2025, 7:00 AM EST. Apple has issued urgent patches for two zero-day flaws in WebKit (CVE-2025-43529 and CVE-2025-14174) that may have been exploited in highly targeted attacks. The vulnerabilities are a use-after-free and memory corruption flaw, enabling arbitrary code via crafted web content. Affected devices include iPhone 11 and later, iPad Pro (12.9-inch 3rd gen+; 11-inch 1st gen+), iPad Air (3rd gen+), iPad (8th gen+), and iPad mini (5th gen+). Patches arrive with iOS 18.7.3, iPadOS 18.7.3, macOS Tahoe 26.2, watchOS/tvOS/visionOS 26.2, and Safari 26.2. Apple notes the flaws may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals. Google researchers helped identify the flaws; coordinated industry response continues.