Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2023-37450
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-27 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-05 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.5.2, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. Processing 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: 0.000540000 probability, percentile 0.168610000 (date 2026-04-17)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-07-13; due 2023-08-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApple
ProductMultiple Products
NameApple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
Noteshttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213826, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37450

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
Operating System Apple Tvos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of Safari 16.5.2 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 security.gentoo.org
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.5 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of watchOS 9.6 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of tvOS 16.6 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 - 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

  • 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)
  • 355775 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkitgtk4 : ALAS2-2023-2177
  • 378655 Apple MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 Rapid Security Response Update Missing (HT213825)
  • 378658 Apple Safari Security update (HT213826)
  • 378687 Apple macOS Ventura 13.5 Not Installed (HT213843)
  • 6000200 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtk (DSA 5457-1)
  • 610498 Apple iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 Security Update Missing
  • 710824 Gentoo Linux WebKitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-04)
  • 754916 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:3753-1)
  • 755164 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4211-1)
  • 755166 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4209-1)
  • 960967 Rocky Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2023:4202)
  • 960970 Rocky Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (RLSA-2023:4201)
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