CVE-2023-42917: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Apple: iOS and iPadOSApple: macOSApple: Safari
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AD2KIH… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P5LQS6… (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 (opens in new tab)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)