CVE-2026-28959
Published: 11 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-28959 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 8.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.
NVD Description
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. 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…
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app may be able to cause unexpected system termination.
Deeper analysisAI
Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.
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