⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2023-12-04. Federal agencies required to patch by 2023-12-25. Required action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2023-42916Out-of-bounds Read in Apple IOS AND Ipados

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.46%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2023-12-04
Due 2023-12-25
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedNov 30
KEV addedDec 4
KEV dueDec 25
Latest updateJan 22
CISA Required Action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. 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 disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified14.1
NVDapple/macos14.014.1.2
CVEListV5apple/safariunspecified17.1
NVDapple/ipados16.016.7.3+2
NVDapple/safari< 17.1.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0, 12.0, Fedora 38, 39

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-95hw-v8fq-666q: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation2023-12-01
OSV
CVE-2023-42916: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation2023-11-30
CVEList
CVE-2023-42916: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation2023-11-30
VulnCheck
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability2023

📋Vendor Advisories

12
Apple
CVE-2023-42916: iOS 15.8.1 and iPadOS 15.8.12024-01-22
Apple
CVE-2023-42916: tvOS 17.22023-12-11
Ubuntu
WebKitGTK vulnerabilities2023-12-11
Apple
CVE-2023-42916: iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.32023-12-11
Apple
CVE-2023-42916: watchOS 10.22023-12-11
CVE-2023-42916 — Out-of-bounds Read in Apple | cvebase