CVE-2023-32439
Apple Inc. · published 2023-06-23
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2023-06-23).
- CISA's name for it: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability
- CISA's description: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a type confusion vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Apple Inc. via the CVE Program.
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Safari 16.5.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 15.7: affected |
| Apple | Safari | unspecified – before 16.5: affected |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 16.5: affected |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – before 13.4: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (5)
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGH — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32439
Source dates: published 2023-06-23, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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