FKIE_CVE-2023-39434

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-27 15:18 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:12
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple ipados *
apple iphone_os *
apple macos *
apple watchos *
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