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CVE-2023-23517

Published: 3 February 2023

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3, macOS Big Sur 11.7.3, Safari 16.3, tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
webkit receives limited support. For details, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#webkit
webkit in Ubuntu uses the JavaScriptCore (JSC) engine, not V8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
webkitgtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
xenial Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

webkit2gtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

xenial Deferred

bionic Deferred

upstream Needs triage

focal
Released (2.38.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
jammy
Released (2.38.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
kinetic
Released (2.38.4-0ubuntu0.22.10.1)
lunar
Released (2.38.4-2)
qtwebkit-source
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
xenial Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

qtwebkit-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
xenial Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

lunar Needs triage

wpewebkit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
bionic Does not exist

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.38.4-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H