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Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-40414

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity use-after-free 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 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 33.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.42.5-1.el8ALSA-2024:2982
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.42.5-1.el9ALSA-2024:2126
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.42.5-1.el8ALSA-2024:2982
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.42.5-1.el9ALSA-2024:2126
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.42.5-1.el8ALSA-2024:2982
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.42.5-1.el9ALSA-2024:2126
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.42.5-1.el8ALSA-2024:2982
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.42.5-1.el9ALSA-2024:2126
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.42.1-1~deb12u1DSA-5527-1
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.42.1-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40414
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.42.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40414
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.42.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40414
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-40414
Debian:13wpewebkit2.42.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40414
Debian:14wpewebkit2.42.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40414
Rocky Linux:8webkit2gtk30:2.42.5-1.el8RLSA-2024:2982
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40414
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40414
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40414
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40414

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 17
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 17
Apple Safari unspecified – before 17
Apple macOS unspecified – before 14
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 10

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

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