CVE-2023-43000 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

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.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120324
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120331
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120338

History

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-416
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/120324 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120331 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120338

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-11-05T18:33:23.777Z

Updated: 2025-11-06T04:55:46.892Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.491Z

Link: CVE-2023-43000

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-05T18:52:52.612Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-05T19:15:47.937

Modified: 2025-11-05T19:15:47.937

Link: CVE-2023-43000

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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