CVE-2026-86972

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-10-26 Modified: 2026-11-04 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7.2 and iPadOS 26.7.2, iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, macOS Golden Gate 27.2, macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2. Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to memory corruption.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (13)

VendorProductVersion
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 < 26.7.2
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 < 27.2
Apple macOS 0 < 26.7.2
Apple macOS 0 < 27.2
Apple tvOS 0 < 27.2
Apple visionOS 0 < 27.2
Apple watchOS 0 < 27.2
apple ipados < 26.7.2
apple iphone_os < 26.7.2
apple macos < 26.7.2
apple tvos < 27.2
apple visionos < 27.2
apple watchos < 27.2

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.20%
Raw Score 0.002000
Percentile 9.9%
Date 2026-11-05

EPSS Trend

2026-11-05
0.00200
2026-11-04
0.00192
2026-11-03
0.00244
2026-11-02
0.00244
2026-11-01
0.00244
2026-10-31
0.00244
2026-10-30
0.00244
2026-10-29
0.00244
2026-10-28
0.00244

Intelligence Sources

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