CVE-2023-41993
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 16 October 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in 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.
- 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
- 29.18% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 September 2023 · due 16 October 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-754
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · oracle/graalvm · oracle/jdk · oracle/jre · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/cloud insights acquisition unit · netapp/cloud insights storage workload security agent · netapp/oncommand insight · netapp/oncommand workflow automation · webkitgtk/webkitgtk\+
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://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
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213926Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213930Vendor Advisory
- https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41993US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.