CVE-2023-28201: Race Condition

Published Mar 27, 2023
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Updated

Accessibility. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

Other sources

AMD. A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

AMD. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.

— Apple

App Store. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

Credit

Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), (SSD Labs), crixer@@pwning_me(SSD Labs), Adam M., Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), an anonymous researcher, Jubaer Alnazi(TRS Group of Companies), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), ryuzaki, Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM(Mbition Mercedes), jzhu(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs SG Pte), Zechao Cai@@Zech4o(Zhejiang University), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), sqrtpwn, Félix Poulin-Bélanger, David Pan Ogea, an anonymous researcher(Red Canary), Brandon Dalton@@partyD0lphin(Red Canary), Milan Tenk(F), (F), Arthur Valiev(F), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal), Zhuowei Zhang, developStorm, Anton Spivak, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Jubaer Alnazi Jabin(TRS Group Of Companies), (Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Xin Huang@@11iaxH, Gertjan Franken(imec), KU Leuven, hazbinhotel(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Hyeon Park@@tree_segment(Team ApplePIE), Georgy Kucherin@@kucher1n(Kaspersky), Leonid Bezvershenko@@bzvr_(Kaspersky), Boris Larin@@oct0xor(Kaspersky), (Kaspersky), Valentin Pashkov(Kaspersky), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Itay Iellin(General Motors Product Cyber Security), Etienne Charron(Renault), Khadim Dieng(Renault), JeongOhKyea, Jianjun Dai(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Guang Gong(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Mohamed GHANNAM@@_simo36, Mohamed GHANNAM, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Rıza Sabuncu@@rizasabuncu, Joshua Jones, Khiem Tran, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(FFRI Security Inc), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), (Offensive Security), Masahiro Kawada@@kawakatz(GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0051, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433, CVE-2023-0512, Aleksandar Nikolic(Cisco Talos), Mikko Kenttälä )@@Turmio_(SensorFu), Murray Mike, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Ned Williamson(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o., Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Chan Shue Long(Offensive Security), Junoh Lee at Theori, CVE-2022-43551, CVE-2022-43552

Affected Software

15 affected componentsFixes available
tvOS<16.4
16.4
macOS Ventura<13.3
13.3
Safari<16.4
16.4
Safari<16.4
Apple Ipad Os<15.7.4
Apple Ipad Os>=16.0<16.4
iPhone OS<15.7.4
iPhone OS>=16.0<16.4
macOS>=13.0<13.3
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.4
16.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.4
16.4
Apple iOS and iPadOS<15.7.4
15.7.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.4
15.7.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<15.7.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS>=16.0<16.4

Event History

Mar 27, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
May 8, 2023
CVE Published
08:15 PM
Data Sourced
08:15 PM
Description

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2023-28201?

CVE-2023-28201 is a vulnerability in WebKit Web Inspector that could allow a remote user to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

2

How was CVE-2023-28201 fixed?

CVE-2023-28201 was fixed with improved state management in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, and tvOS 16.4.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2023-28201?

CVE-2023-28201 has a severity rating of 9.8 (critical).

4

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28201?

CVE-2023-28201 affects Apple iOS versions up to and excluding 15.7.4, iPadOS versions up to and excluding 15.7.4, Apple iOS versions up to and excluding 16.4, iPadOS versions up to and excluding 16.4, Apple tvOS versions up to and excluding 16.4, Apple macOS Ventura versions up to and excluding 13.3, and Apple Safari versions up to and excluding 16.4.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-28201?

You can find more information about CVE-2023-28201 on the Apple support website at the following links: [link1](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213673), [link2](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670), [link3](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213671).

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