CVE-2023-42917

A

memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

References
Link Resource
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/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ Mailing List
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 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/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ Mailing List
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Oct 2025, 18:49

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References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917 - US Government Resource

21 Oct 2025, 23:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-42917 -

03 Feb 2025, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

23 Jan 2025, 16:37

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ - Mailing List, Release Notes () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ - Mailing List
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ - Mailing List, Release Notes () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ - Mailing List
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List

21 Nov 2024, 08:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ - Mailing List, Release Notes () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ - Mailing List, Release Notes
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ - Mailing List, Release Notes () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ - Mailing List, Release Notes
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 - Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 - Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 - Vendor Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

26 Jun 2024, 20:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Debian debian Linux
Webkitgtk
Fedoraproject fedora
Debian
Fedoraproject
Webkitgtk webkitgtk\+
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/5 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/8 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 - () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/35 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/05/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AD2KIHHCUBQC2YYH3FJWAHI5BG3QETOH/ - Mailing List, Release Notes
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P5LQS6VEI7VIZNC7QGQ62EOV45R5RJIR/ - Mailing List, Release Notes
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 - () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 - () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 - () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5575 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

12 Jun 2024, 10:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214033 -
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214034 -
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214062 -

Information

Published : 2023-11-30 23:15

Updated : 2025-10-23 18:49


NVD link : CVE-2023-42917

Mitre link : CVE-2023-42917

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-42917


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CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write