CVE-2023-28205
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 1 May 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.4.1, iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1. 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 27.08% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 April 2023 · due 1 May 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 27.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213720,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213721,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213722,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213723; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28205
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213720Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213721Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213722Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213723Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213720Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213721Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213722Release Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213723Release Notes
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-28205US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.