9.8

CVE-2023-40397: apple macos

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-40397DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40397
Published 06-09-2023Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-40397 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in apple macos. EPSS estimates a 1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 1
DSA-5468-1MGASA-2024-0148RHSA-2023:6535RHSA-2023:7055RHSA-2024:8492RHSA-2024:8496

Timeline

  1. 06-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary javascript code execution.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu5 products
  • qtwebkit-opensource-srcAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • qtwebkit-sourceAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • webkit2gtkAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • webkitgtkAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • wpewebkitAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • webkit2gtk< 2.40.5-1~deb12u1 | < 2.40.5-1
  • wpewebkitAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.40.5-1
Apple1 product
  • macos≥ unspecified, < 13.5 | < 13.5
Webkitgtk1 product
Wpewebkit1 product

5 vendors · 10 products

References

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