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Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-28198

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.40.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:7055
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.40.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:6535
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.40.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:7055
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.40.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:6535
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.40.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:7055
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.40.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:6535
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.40.5-1.el8ALSA-2023:7055
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.40.5-1.el9ALSA-2023:6535
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.40.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.40.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.40.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198
Debian:13wpewebkit2.40.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198
Debian:14wpewebkit2.40.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28198
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28198
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28198
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28198
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28198

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13.3
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 16.4

References