CVE-2023-41993: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Sep 21, 2023
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Updated

Airport. A permissions issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

Other sources

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

— Apple

AMD. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

App Store. The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols.

— Apple

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain an unspecified vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

— CISA

Apple Neural Engine. An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

— Apple

Credit

Murray Mike, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Mikko Kenttälä )@@Turmio_(SensorFu), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Certik Skyfall Team, Certik Skyfall Team(Ant Security Light), (Ant Security Light), pattern-f@@pattern_F_(Ant Security Light), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Michael (Biscuit) Thomas, 张师傅(@京东蓝军), Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), Ferdous Saljooki@@malwarezoo(Jamf Software), an anonymous researcher, Sei K., Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(PK Security), Adam M.(SecuRing), (SecuRing), Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Adam M.(BreakPoint Security Research), (BreakPoint Security Research), Ron Masas(BreakPoint Security Research), Meng Zhang (鲸落)(NorthSea), Brian McNulty(Texts), (Texts), Kishan Bagaria(Texts), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Kirin@@Pwnrin, baba yaga, weize she, Berke Kırbaş, Harsh Jaiswal, Serkan Erayabakan(George Mason University), David Kotval(George Mason University), Akincibor(George Mason University), Sina Ahmadi(George Mason University), Billy Tabrizi, Kirin@@Pwnrin(SecuRing), Tomi Tokics@@tomitokics(iTomsn0w), Luan Herrera@@lbherrera_, Adriatik Raci(Sentry Cybersecurity), Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati)(Suma Soft Pvt), Pune (India), Noah Roskin-Frazee (ZeroClicks.ai Lab), James Duffy (mangoSecure), Ron Masas(BreakPoint), James Hutchins, Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), Andrew Haggard, Brian McNulty(Offensive Security), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)(Offensive Security), Joshua Jewett@@JoshJewett33(Offensive Security), (Offensive Security), Francisco Alonso@@revskills(PK Security), (PK Security), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, 이준성(Junsung Lee)(Cross Republic), Jie Ding@@Lime(HKUS3 Lab), Dong Jun Kim@@smlijun(AbyssLab), Jong Seong Kim@@nevul37(AbyssLab), zhunki, 이준성(Junsung Lee), Bill Marczak(The Citizen Lab at The University of Toronto's Munk School), Maddie Stone(Google's Threat Analysis Group), Claire Houston, Anonymous, (AbyssLab), Wang Yu(Cyberserval), An anonymous researcher(MacEnhance), Jeremy Legendre(MacEnhance), Felix Kratz, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h, Noah Roskin-Frazee, Professor Jason Lau (ZeroClicks.ai Lab), Noah Roskin-Frazee(Offensive Security), Pr(Offensive Security), Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Dataflow Security), Ron Masas(Imperva), Yishu Wang, Will Brattain at Trail(Bits), Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, JeongOhKyea(Theori), Kirin@@Pwnrin(NorthSea), Halle Winkler, Politepix@@hallewinkler, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi, Chris Ross (Zoom), zer0k, Adam M., ABC Research s.r.o., w0wbox, Mohamed GHANNAM@@_simo36, Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Liang Wei(PixiePoint Security)

Affected Software

38 affected componentsFixes available
ubuntu/webkit2gtk<2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
2.42.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
ubuntu/webkit2gtk<2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
2.42.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
ubuntu/webkit2gtk<2.42.1
2.42.1
debian/webkit2gtk<=2.36.4-1~deb10u1, <=2.38.6-0+deb10u1
2.42.2-1~deb11u12.44.1-1~deb11u12.42.2-1~deb12u12.44.1-1~deb12u12.44.1-1
debian/wpewebkit<=2.38.6-1~deb11u1, <=2.38.6-1
2.44.1-1
Apple Multiple Products
Apple macOS Sonoma<14
14
IBM MQ Operator<=SC2 (formerly LTS): v3.2.0, v3.2.1CD:  v3.0.0, v3.0.1, v3.1.0 - 3.1.3 LTS: v2.0.0 - 2.0.23 Other Release: v2.4.0 - v2.4.8, v2.3.0 - 2.3.3, v2.2.0 - v2.2.2
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images<=CD: 9.4.0.0-r1, 9.3.4.0-r1, 9.3.4.1-r1,9.3.5.0-r1,9.3.5.0-r2,9.3.5.1-r1, 9.3.5.1-r2LTS: 9.2.0.1-r1-eus, 9.2.0.2-r1-eus, 9.2.0.2-r2-eus, 9.2.0.4-r1-eus, 9.2.0.5-r1-eus, 9.2.0.5-r2-eus, 9.2.0.5-r3-eus, 9.2.0.6-r1-eus, 9.2.0.6-r2-eus, 9.2.0.6-r3-eus, 9.2.3.0-r1, 9.2.4.0-r1, 9.2.5.0-r1, 9.2.5.0-r2, 9.2.5.0-r3, 9.3.0.0-r1, 9.3.0.0-r2, 9.3.0.0-r3, 9.3.0.1-r1, 9.3.0.1-r2, 9.3.0.1-r3, 9.3.0.1-r4, 9.3.0.3-r1, 9.3.0.4-r1, 9.3.0.4-r2, 9.3.0.5-r1, 9.3.0.5-r2, 9.3.0.5-r3, 9.3.0.6-r1, 9.3.0.10-r1, 9.3.0.10-r2, 9.3.0.11-r1,9.3.0.11-r2, 9.3.0.15-r1, 9.3.0.16-r1, 9.3.0.16-r2, 9.3.0.17-r1, 9.3.0.17-r2, 9.3.0.17-r3 Other Release: 9.2.0.1-r1-eus, 9.2.0.2-r1-eus, 9.2.0.2-r2-eus, 9.2.0.4-r1-eus, 9.2.0.5-r1-eus, 9.2.0.5-r2-eus, 9.2.0.5-r3-eus, 9.2.0.6-r1-eus, 9.2.0.6-r2-eus, 9.2.0.6-r3-eus, 9.2.3.0-r1, 9.2.4.0-r1, 9.2.5.0-r1, 9.2.5.0-r2, 9.2.5.0-r3, 9.3.0.0-r1, 9.3.0.0-r2, 9.3.0.0-r3, 9.3.0.1-r1, 9.3.0.1-r2, 9.3.0.1-r3, 9.3.0.1-r4,  9.3.0.3-r1,  9.3.0.4-r1, 9.3.0.4-r2,  9.3.0.5-r1, 9.3.0.5-r2, 9.3.0.5-r3,  9.3.0.6-r1,  9.3.1.0-r1, 9.3.1.0-r2, 9.3.1.0-r3, 9.3.1.1-r1, 9.3.2.0-r1, 9.3.2.0-r2, 9.3.2.1-r1, 9.3.2.1-r2,  9.3.3.0-r1, 9.3.3.0-r2, 9.3.3.1-r1, 9.3.3.1-r2, 9.3.3.2-r1, 9.3.3.2-r2, 9.3.3.2-r3, ,9.3.3.3-r1,  9.3.3.3-r2
Apple macOS Ventura<13.6
13.6
Apple Safari<17
17
Apple Safari<16.6.1
16.6.1
Apple iOS<16.7
16.7
Apple iPadOS<16.7
16.7
Apple iOS<17.0.1
17.0.1
Apple iPadOS<17.0.1
17.0.1
Apple Safari<17.0
Apple iPadOS<16.7
Apple iPhone OS<16.7
Apple macOS<14.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=38
Fedoraproject Fedora=39
Apple iPadOS<17.0.1
Apple iPhone OS<17.0.1
Fedoraproject Fedora=37
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
Debian Debian Linux=12.0
Oracle GraalVM=20.3.13
Oracle GraalVM=21.3.9
Oracle JDK=1.8.0-update401
Oracle JRE=1.8.0-update401
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vsphere
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows
NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
NetApp Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent
NetApp OnCommand Insight
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation
WebKitGTK Webkitgtk\+<2.42.2

Remediation

Information

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Event History

Sep 21, 2023
CVE Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:23 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:23 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·07:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 25, 2023
Known Exploited
via CISA·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·04:53 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Sep 26, 2023
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
May 3, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·02:27 AM
Description
Aug 29, 2024
News Published
via BleepingComputer·01:04 PM
News Published
via BleepingComputer·01:06 PM
News Published
via The Register·08:03 PM
News Published
via The Register·08:08 PM

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2023-41993?

CVE-2023-41993 is a vulnerability in WebKit that allows arbitrary code execution.

2

Which versions of iOS and iPadOS are affected by CVE-2023-41993?

iOS versions up to 16.7 and iPadOS versions up to 16.7 are affected by CVE-2023-41993.

3

How was CVE-2023-41993 addressed?

CVE-2023-41993 was addressed with improved checks in iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, iOS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1, Safari 16.6.1.

4

Is there a remedy available for macOS Ventura?

No, there is no specific remedy available for macOS Ventura.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-41993?

You can find more information about CVE-2023-41993 on the Apple support website.

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