CVE-2023-42883

MEDIUM

Safari < 17.2 - Denial of Service via Image Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, tvOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3. Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/7
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/18/1
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214039
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214040
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214041
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5580

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (8)
apple/ipados < 16.7.3
apple/iphone_os < 16.7.3
apple/macos 14.0 - 14.2
apple/safari < 17.2
apple/tvos < 17.2
apple/watchos < 10.2
debian/debian_linux 11.0
debian/debian_linux 12.0
Published Dec 12, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026