Vulnerability detail
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CVE-2023-42917
PUBLISHEDA 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,...
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- Safari, macOS, iOS and iPadOS
- Published
- Nov 30, 2023
- EPSS
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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.
CVSS scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation status
Exploited in the wild
Recorded 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC · Source
SSVC decision points
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- total
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.
| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CISA | Dec 04, 2023 |
Scanner integrations
| Scanner | Reference | Detected |
|---|---|---|
| Nessus | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/236085 | Jun 02, 2025 |
Timeline
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CVE ID Reserved
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CVE Published to Public
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Detected by Nessus