CVE-2023-42916 vulnerability in Apple and Other Products
Published on November 30, 2023
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that may disclose sensitive information when processing web content.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by December 25, 2023: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-42916 is exploitable 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 have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Out-of-bounds Read
The software reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can allow attackers to read sensitive information from other memory locations or cause a crash. A crash can occur when the code reads a variable amount of data and assumes that a sentinel exists to stop the read operation, such as a NUL in a string. The expected sentinel might not be located in the out-of-bounds memory, causing excessive data to be read, leading to a segmentation fault or a buffer overflow. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent read operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-42916
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What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-42916?
- Apple Safari Fixed in Version 17.1.2
- Apple macOS Version 14.0 Fixed in Version 14.1.2
- Apple iPadOS Fixed in Version 15.8.1
- Apple Iphone Os Fixed in Version 15.8.1
- Apple iPadOS Version 16.0 Fixed in Version 16.7.3
- Apple Iphone Os Version 16.0 Fixed in Version 16.7.3
- Apple iPadOS Version 17.0 Fixed in Version 17.1.2
- Apple Iphone Os Version 17.0 Fixed in Version 17.1.2
- Fedora Project Fedora Version 38
- Fedora Project Fedora Version 39
- Debian Linux Version 11.0
- Debian Linux Version 12.0
- Webkitgtk Fixed in Version 2.42.3