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Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-42833

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity code injection 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 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A correctness issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
Debian:12wpewebkit2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
Debian:13wpewebkit2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
Debian:14wpewebkit2.38.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-42833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-42833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.38.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-42833

Affected products (as reported)

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

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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