Vulnerability record

CVE-2023-28204

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

Severity: ElevatedExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Multiple Products, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 12, 2023.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. 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 web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
iOS & iPadOSApple< 15.7.6; >= 16.0, < 16.515.7.6; 16.5NVD
macOSApple>= 13.0, < 13.413.4NVD
Multiple ProductsApple——KEV
SafariApple< 16.516.5NVD
WebKitGTKWebKitGTK< 2.42.32.42.3NVD

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2023-28204 scored CVSS 6.5: Apple Multiple Products, Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Multiple Products systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References