CVE-2023-23517

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 27 Feb 2023, 00:00
Last modified:11 Mar 2025, 15:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.21% LOW
0% probability +0.04%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Feb 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
11 Mar 2025, 15:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3, macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, Safari 16.3, tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 44%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • apple•ios and ipados

    ≥ unspecified, < 16.3

  • apple•ipados

    < 16.3

  • apple•iphone_os

    < 16.3

  • apple•macos

    ≥ unspecified, < 11.7 | ≥ unspecified, < 13.2 | ≥ unspecified, < 12.6 | < 11.7.3 | ≥ 12.0, < 12.6.3 | ≥ 13.0, < 13.2

  • apple•safari

    ≥ unspecified, < 16.3 | < 16.3

  • apple•tvos

    ≥ unspecified, < 16.3 | < 16.3

  • apple•watchos

    ≥ unspecified, < 9.3 | < 9.3

References (8)