Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-32439
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-23 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-05 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Safari 16.5.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.011600000 probability, percentile 0.785380000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-06-23; due 2023-07-14; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-843

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApple
ProductMultiple Products
NameApple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32439

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Ipados All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 - Apple Support support.apple.com
About the security content of Safari 16.5.1 - Apple Support support.apple.com
oss-security - WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2023-0005 MLIST www.openwall.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-06-21-2 iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 FULLDISC seclists.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5449-1 webkit2gtk DEBIAN www.debian.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-06-21-3 iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7 FULLDISC seclists.org
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: webkitgtk-2.40.3-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: webkitgtk-2.40.3-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of Safari 16.5.1 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-06-21-1 Safari 16.5.1 FULLDISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-06-21-4 macOS Ventura 13.4.1 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.4.1 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160791 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ELSA-2023-4201)
  • 160792 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ELSA-2023-4202)
  • 199627 Ubuntu Security Notification for WebKitGTK Vulnerabilities (USN-6264-1)
  • 241821 Red Hat Update for webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:4202)
  • 241826 Red Hat Update for webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:4201)
  • 284119 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-6f883415a6)
  • 284126 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-be1ed6a2b4)
  • 355576 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkitgtk4 : ALAS2-2023-2141
  • 378605 Apple Safari Security update (HT213816)
  • 378606 Apple macOS Ventura 13.4.1 Not Installed (HT213813)
  • 378704 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0078)
  • 6000234 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtk (DSA 5449-1)
  • 610489 Apple iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 Security Update Missing (HT213814)
  • 610490 Apple iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7 Security Update Missing (HT213811)
  • 710824 Gentoo Linux WebKitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-04)
  • 754255 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:3233-1)
  • 754260 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:3237-1)
  • 754273 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:3300-1)
  • 941185 AlmaLinux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2023:4201)
  • 941186 AlmaLinux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2023:4202)
  • 960967 Rocky Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2023:4202)
  • 960970 Rocky Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2023:4201)
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