CVE-2023-43000: Apple Multiple products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Apple macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari 16.6 contain a use-after-free vulnerability due to the processing of maliciously crafted web content that may lead to memory corruption.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability may lead to memory corruption due to a use-after-free condition in processing web content.
- Who is affected
- Users of Apple macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari 16.6 are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical as the vulnerability is actively exploited and poses significant risks.
- Action
- Update all affected Apple products to the latest versions.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43000
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-43000Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 89% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-43000 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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