CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-28205

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2023-04-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Apple Multiple Products

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

Added to KEV
2023-04-10
Remediation due
2023-05-01
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213720,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213721,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213722,https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213723; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28205
Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-04-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.4.1, iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Affected configurations

• apple safari (< 16.4.1) • apple ipados (< 15.7.5) • apple ipados (>= 16.0 < 16.4.1) • apple iphone os (< 15.7.5) • apple iphone os (>= 16.0 < 16.4.1) • apple macos (< 13.3.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References