CVE-2023-42866 (GCVE-0-2023-42866)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-10 22:03 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:27
VLAI?
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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