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Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-40397

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary javascript 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~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.40.5-1~deb12u1DSA-5468-1
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Debian:13wpewebkit2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Debian:14wpewebkit2.40.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40397
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40397
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40397
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40397

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13.5

References