CVE-2026-84571: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to unexpected app termination.

Affected products

  • Apple iPadOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
  • Apple iPhone OS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
  • Apple macOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
  • Apple tvOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
  • Apple visionOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
  • Apple watchOS: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)

Published 2026-09-14. Last modified 2026-09-18.