Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-42917
StateRESERVED
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-11-30 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-26 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionApple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a memory corruption vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.000680000 probability, percentile 0.208690000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-12-04; due 2023-12-25; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-787

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApple
ProductMultiple Products
NameApple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Required ActionApply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42917

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
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 support.apple.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 seclists.org
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 www.debian.org
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 support.apple.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-12-11-2023-3 iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3 seclists.org
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 security.gentoo.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-12-11-2023-8 watchOS 10.2 seclists.org
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 support.apple.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-12-11-2023-7 tvOS 17.2 seclists.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... lists.fedoraproject.org
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 seclists.org
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-01-22-2024-4 iOS 15.8.1 and iPadOS 15.8.1 seclists.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... 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

  • 161233 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ELSA-2023-7715)
  • 161235 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ELSA-2023-7716)
  • 199993 Ubuntu Security Notification for WebKitGTK Vulnerabilities (USN-6545-1)
  • 242555 Red Hat Update for webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:7716)
  • 242557 Red Hat Update for webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2023:7715)
  • 284802 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-540bb86780)
  • 285109 Fedora Security Update for webkitgtk (FEDORA-2023-f844a8fa64)
  • 357018 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for webkitgtk4 : ALAS2-2024-2427
  • 379087 Apple macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Not Installed (HT214032)
  • 379088 Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT214033)
  • 6000377 Debian Security Update for webkit2gtk (DSA 5575-1)
  • 610530 Apple iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2 Security Update Missing
  • 610532 Apple iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3 Security Update Missing
  • 610540 Apple iOS 15.8.1 and iPadOS 15.8.1 Security Update Missing (HT214062)
  • 710824 Gentoo Linux WebKitGTK+ Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-04)
  • 755431 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4829-1)
  • 755432 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4828-1)
  • 755433 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4827-1)
  • 755435 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2023:4824-1)
  • 941489 AlmaLinux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2023:7715)
  • 941491 AlmaLinux Security Update for webkit2gtk3 (ALSA-2023:7716)
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