CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-41976

Use After Free

Published: Oct 25, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, tvOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Safari Apple * 17.1 (excluding)
Ipados Apple * 16.7.2 (excluding)
Ipados Apple 17.0 (including) 17.1 (excluding)
Iphone_os Apple * 16.7.2 (excluding)
Iphone_os Apple 17.0 (including) 17.1 (excluding)
Macos Apple 14.0 (including) 14.1 (excluding)
Tvos Apple * 17.1 (excluding)
Watchos Apple * 10.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References