CVE-2023-38597 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer11 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Safari+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateAug 15

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDapple/ipados16.0 — 16.6+1
▶CVEListV5apple/ios_and_ipadosunspecified — 16.6+1
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 13.5
▶NVDapple/macos13.0 — 13.5
▶CVEListV5apple/safariunspecified — 16.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-xqh8-5mp7-f6qr: The issue was addressed with improved checks↗2023-07-27
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OSV
CVE-2023-38597: The issue was addressed with improved checks↗2023-07-27
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CVEList
CVE-2023-38597: The issue was addressed with improved checks↗2023-07-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
WebKitGTK vulnerabilities↗2023-08-15
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Red Hat
webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution↗2023-08-02
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Apple
CVE-2023-38597: macOS Ventura 13.5↗2023-07-24
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Apple
CVE-2023-38597: Safari 16.6↗2023-07-24
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Apple
CVE-2023-38597: iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8↗2023-07-24
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CVE-2023-38597 — Apple IOS AND Ipados vulnerability | cvebase