CVE-2023-42917
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-30 22:18
Modified
2024-08-02 19:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/Mailing List, Release Notes
product-security@apple.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/Mailing List, Release Notes
product-security@apple.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
AppleSafari
ApplemacOS
AppleiOS and iPadOS
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-12-04

Due date: 2023-12-25

Required action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42917

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