CVE-2023-39434 (GCVE-0-2023-39434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-26 20:14
Modified
2025-05-02 17:46
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Summary
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
References
product-security@apple.com http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.com http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.com http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33
product-security@apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 17
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   Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 14
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   Apple watchOS Version: unspecified   < 10
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