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CVE-2023-42916

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 6.5EPSS 17.8%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 25 December 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
17.82% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 4 December 2023 · due 25 December 2023
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
apple/safari · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · webkitgtk/webkitgtk\+
Source
product-security@apple.com

CISA notes

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. https://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-2023-42916

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.