Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-42917

RCE CISA KEV Active

Title: Apple Safari RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-42917.

CWE Category CWE-787
Published Date Nov 30, 2023
Modified Date Oct 23, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-42917: 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.

Impacted Vendors

A
apple 1
W
webkitgtk 1
W
webkit 1

Reference Links

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 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/2024/Jan/35 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 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/2024/Jan/35 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-42917 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.