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Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-42950

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-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 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.0% 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 Safari 17.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk32.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk32.44.3-2.el9ALSA-2024:9144
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-devel2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-devel2.44.3-2.el9ALSA-2024:9144
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc2.44.3-2.el9ALSA-2024:9144
AlmaLinux:8webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.46.3-1.el8_10ALSA-2024:9636
AlmaLinux:9webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel2.44.3-2.el9ALSA-2024:9144
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.44.1-1~deb12u1DSA-5684-1
Debian:12webkit2gtk2.44.1-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42950
Debian:13webkit2gtk2.44.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42950
Debian:14webkit2gtk2.44.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42950
Debian:12wpewebkitno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-42950
Debian:13wpewebkit2.44.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42950
Debian:14wpewebkit2.44.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42950
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-42950
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqtwebkit-opensource-srcno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-42950
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42950
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwebkit2gtk2.44.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6732-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwpewebkitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-42950

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple Safari unspecified – before 17.2
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 17.2
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 17.2
Apple macOS unspecified – before 14.2
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 10.2

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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