CVE-2023-32373

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, Safari 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. 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.

A use after free vulnerability was found in the webkitgtk package. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit contain a use-after-free 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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 8.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-08 CVE Reserved
2023-05-22 Exploited in Wild
2023-05-30 CVE Published
2023-06-12 KEV Due Date
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-09-27 EPSS Updated
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757	2024-06-27
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758	2024-06-27
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213761	2024-06-27
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213762	2024-06-27
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213764	2024-06-27
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213765	2024-06-27
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32373	2023-06-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209214	2023-06-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"				< 16.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari" and version " < 16.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				< 15.7.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " < 15.7.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				>= 16.0 < 16.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " >= 16.0 < 16.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				>= 15.0 < 15.7.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " >= 15.0 < 15.7.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				>= 16.0 < 16.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " >= 16.0 < 16.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				< 13.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " < 13.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				< 16.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos" and version " < 16.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				< 9.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version " < 9.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Webkitgtk Search vendor "Webkitgtk"		Webkitgtk\+ Search vendor "Webkitgtk" for product "Webkitgtk\+"				< 2.42.3 Search vendor "Webkitgtk" for product "Webkitgtk\+" and version " < 2.42.3"		-		Affected