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Vulnerability · Published Jul 27, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-38611

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 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. 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:12webkit2gtk2.40.5-1~deb12u1DSA-5468-1
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.40.5-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611
Debian:13wpewebkit2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611
Debian:14wpewebkit2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-38611
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-38611
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38611
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-38611

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari unspecified – before 16.6
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 16.6
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 16.6
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13.5
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 9.6

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