CVE-2023-42970

HIGH

Safari < 17.0 - Use-After-Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, watchOS 10, tvOS 17, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120330
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120947
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120948
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120950

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 44.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (6)
apple/ipados < 17.0
apple/iphone_os < 17.0
apple/macos < 14.0
apple/safari < 17.0
apple/tvos < 17.0
apple/watchos < 10.0
Published Apr 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026