CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-32373
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Apple Multiple Products
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, 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
- 2023-05-22
- Remediation due
- 2023-06-12
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://support.apple.com/HT213757, https://support.apple.com/HT213758, https://support.apple.com/HT213761, https://support.apple.com/HT213762, https://support.apple.com/HT213764, https://support.apple.com/HT213765; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32373
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2023-06-23
- 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 watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, Safari 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. 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 (< 16.5)
• apple ipados (< 15.7.6)
• apple ipados (>= 16.0 < 16.5)
• apple iphone os (>= 15.0 < 15.7.6)
• apple iphone os (>= 16.0 < 16.5)
• apple macos (< 13.4)
• apple tvos (< 16.5)
• apple watchos (< 9.5)
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux 8.0
• redhat enterprise linux 9.0
• webkitgtk webkitgtk\+ (< 2.42.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213761 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213762 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213764 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213765 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213761 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213762 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213764 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213765 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32373 US Government Resource