CVE-2023-42866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00365.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Safari Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-47287	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213847
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:15.576Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:27:15.217Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.453Z

Link: CVE-2023-42866

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.099Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:50.143

Modified: 2025-06-03T15:15:40.753

Link: CVE-2023-42866

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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