Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-41993
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-21 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-31 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.244140000 probability, percentile 0.961200000 (date 2026-04-17)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-09-25; due 2023-10-16; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-754

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApple
ProductMultiple Products
NameApple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213926, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213930; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41993

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Ipados All All All All
Operating System Apple Ipados 17.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Ipad Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Ipad Os 17.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 17.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 39 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/14 MISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-2 macOS Sonoma 14 MISC seclists.org
About the security content of iOS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
WebKitGTK+: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-33) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-1 Safari 17 MISC seclists.org
oss-security - WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2023-0009 MISC www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5527-1 webkit2gtk MISC www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: webkitgtk-2.42.1-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: webkitgtk-2.42.1-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of Safari 16.6.1 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-6 macOS Ventura 13.6 MISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-3 iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 MISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-1 Safari 16.6.1 MISC seclists.org
About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-09-26-2023-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2023-09-21-3 iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 MISC seclists.org
support.apple.com/kb/HT213926 support.apple.com
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941 MISC support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: webkitgtk-2.42.1-1.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
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

  • 199822 Ubuntu Security Notification for WebKitGTK Vulnerabilities (USN-6426-1)
  • 284557 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-e2c2896d16)
  • 284627 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-1536766e9f)
  • 285236 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-a4693c1c98)
  • 357018 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkitgtk4 : ALAS2-2024-2427
  • 378877 Apple Safari Security update (HT213930)
  • 378902 Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT213941)
  • 6000292 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtk (DSA 5527-1)
  • 610509 Apple iOS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1 Security Update Missing
  • 610510 Apple iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 Security Update Missing
  • 710848 Gentoo Linux WebKitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-33)
  • 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)
  • 755202 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4294-1)
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