CVE-2023-42970 — Use After Free in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-416 — Use After Free11 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Safari+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 15

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, watchOS 10, tvOS 17, Safari 17. 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 Packages11 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 17
▶NVDapple/tvos< 17.0
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 14
▶NVDapple/macos< 14.0
▶CVEListV5apple/safariunspecified — 17

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-42970: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-04-11
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CVEList
CVE-2023-42970: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-04-11
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GHSA
GHSA-9v5v-qfv2-66qp: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2025-04-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution↗2025-05-15
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Apple
CVE-2023-42970: Safari 17↗2023-09-26
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Apple
CVE-2023-42970: macOS Sonoma 14↗2023-09-26
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Apple
CVE-2023-42970: watchOS 10↗2023-09-18
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Apple
CVE-2023-42970: tvOS 17↗2023-09-18
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