CVE-2023-42917
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Nov 30, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 14, 2023
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
SafariApple |
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macOSApple |
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iOS and iPadOSApple |
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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/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/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
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917government-resource
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