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Actively exploited · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-28205

High 8.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 10, 2023). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 27.1% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)27.1%top 1.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Apr 10, 2023
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by May 1, 2023.

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.36.7-1.el8_7.3ALSA-2023:1919
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.38.5-1.el8_8.3ALSA-2023:3108
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.38.5-1.el9_2.1ALSA-2023:2653
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.36.7-1.el9_1.3ALSA-2023:1918
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.38.5-1.el8_8.3ALSA-2023:3108
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.36.7-1.el8_7.3ALSA-2023:1919
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.36.7-1.el9_1.3ALSA-2023:1918
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.38.5-1.el9_2.1ALSA-2023:2653
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.36.7-1.el8_7.3ALSA-2023:1919
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.38.5-1.el8_8.3ALSA-2023:3108
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.38.5-1.el9_2.1ALSA-2023:2653
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.36.7-1.el9_1.3ALSA-2023:1918
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.36.7-1.el8_7.3ALSA-2023:1919
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.38.5-1.el8_8.3ALSA-2023:3108
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.38.5-1.el9_2.1ALSA-2023:2653
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.36.7-1.el9_1.3ALSA-2023:1918
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.40.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28205
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.40.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28205
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.40.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28205
Debian:12wpewebkit2.38.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28205
Debian:13wpewebkit2.38.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28205
Debian:14wpewebkit2.38.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28205
Rocky Linux:8webkit2gtk30:2.36.7-1.el8_7.3RLSA-2023:1919
Rocky Linux:9webkit2gtk30:2.36.7-1.el9_1.3RLSA-2023:1918
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28205
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28205
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6061-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.38.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28205
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28205

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 15.7
Apple Safari unspecified – before 16.4
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13.3
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 16.4

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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