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CVE-2023-42917 Detail

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 Apple Inc., CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 Apple Inc., CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability 12/04/2023 12/25/2023 Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-42917
NVD Published Date:
11/30/2023
NVD Last Modified:
02/10/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.