CVE-2023-42852

high-risk

Published 2023-10-25

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, tvOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Do I need to act?

2.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Safari

Ipados

Iphone Os

Macos

Tvos

Watchos

Fedora

Debian Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Apple Fedoraproject

References (38)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/22

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/27

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/15/1

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213986

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988

Third Party Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5557

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19

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high-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal

Exposure 15/34 · Moderate