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CVE-2026-39869 is a memory-handling vulnerability in Apple Audio components affecting multiple Apple platforms, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. The flaw is triggered when the system processes an audio stream embedded in a maliciously crafted media file. Apple states the issue was addressed through improved memory handling. Publicly available details do not identify the specific vulnerable function, codec path, or parser routine, but the bug is characterized as a memory-safety issue in audio-stream processing that can cause the target process to terminate.
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21 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A media parsing vulnerability in Audio where processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may terminate the process.
A macOS Tahoe vulnerability in audio stream processing within a maliciously crafted media file that may terminate the process.
A macOS Sonoma vulnerability in audio stream processing for malicious media files that may terminate the process.
A media parsing vulnerability involving malicious audio streams that could terminate the affected process.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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