apple watchos CVE-2023-32373 in Apple and Red Hat Products
Published on June 23, 2023

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A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, Safari 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple Multiple Products WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 12, 2023: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-32373 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2023-32373 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-32373

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Apple Watch OS
 
Apple TV OS
 
Apple Macos
 
Apple iPad OS
 
Apple Safari
 
Apple iOS
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-32373?