CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-42970

Use After Free

Published: Apr 11, 2025 | Modified: Apr 29, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.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 * 17.0 (excluding)
Ipados Apple * 17.0 (excluding)
Iphone_os Apple * 17.0 (excluding)
Macos Apple * 14.0 (excluding)
Tvos Apple * 17.0 (excluding)
Watchos Apple * 10.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support RedHat webkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.42.5-1.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.3-1.el8_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.42.5-1.el9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.1-1.el9_0 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support RedHat webkit2gtk3-0:2.46.1-1.el9_2 *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu focal *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu jammy *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu noble *
Qtwebkit-opensource-src Ubuntu oracular *
Qtwebkit-source Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Qtwebkit-source Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Webkit2gtk Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Webkit2gtk Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
Webkit2gtk Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Webkit2gtk Ubuntu focal *
Webkit2gtk Ubuntu jammy *
Webkit2gtk Ubuntu upstream *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Webkitgtk Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Wpewebkit Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Wpewebkit Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Wpewebkit Ubuntu focal *
Wpewebkit Ubuntu jammy *

Potential Mitigations

References