CVE-2023-28205

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2023-04-10

Actively exploited. CVE-2023-28205 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-04-10) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-28205 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

CSIRTS triage

What: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content.
Who is affected: Deployments of Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Apply the latest updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

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Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2023-28205: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-04-10

External references

NVD record for CVE-2023-28205

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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