CVE-2023-41993 vulnerability in Apple and Other Products
Published on September 21, 2023

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

Vendor Advisory Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow an attacker to execute code when processing web content.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by October 16, 2023: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-41993 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.

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

The software does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the software.

Products Associated with CVE-2023-41993

You can be notified by stack.watch whenever vulnerabilities like CVE-2023-41993 are published in these products:

Apple iOS

Apple iPadOS

Apple Safari

Apple macOS

Apple iPadOS

Fedora Project Fedora

Debian Linux

Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK)

Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Oracle Graalvm

NetApp Oncommand Workflow Automation

NetApp Oncommand Insight

NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit

NetApp Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent

Webkitgtk

NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-41993?

Apple macOS Fixed in Version 14.0
Apple iPadOS Fixed in Version 17.0.1
Apple Iphone Os Fixed in Version 17.0.1

Fedora Project Fedora Version 37
Fedora Project Fedora Version 38
Fedora Project Fedora Version 39

Debian Linux Version 11.0
Debian Linux Version 12.0

Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 1.8.0 update401
Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Version 1.8.0 update401
Oracle Graalvm Version 21.3.9
Oracle Graalvm Version 20.3.13

NetApp Oncommand Workflow Automation Version -
NetApp Oncommand Insight Version -
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Version - windows
NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit Version -
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Version - vsphere
NetApp Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent Version -