CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-32435
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability — Apple Multiple Products
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a memory corruption 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
- 2023-06-23
- Remediation due
- 2023-07-14
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213671, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32435
- 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-787
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.
Affected configurations
• apple safari (< 16.4)
• apple ipados (< 15.7.7)
• apple ipados (>= 16.0 < 16.4)
• apple iphone os (< 15.7.7)
• apple iphone os (>= 16.0 < 16.4)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213671 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213671 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32435 US Government Resource