CVE-2023-32373A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since May 22, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 12, 2023. Treat that date as your deadline.
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A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, Safari 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV May 22, 2023; federal remediation due Jun 12, 2023Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 12.17% (percentile 96)
- Assigned by
- apple
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Apple macOS apple:macos (from the name) | from unspecified before 13.4 | CNA record |
Apple Safari apple:safari (from the name) | from unspecified before 16.5 | CNA record |
Apple watchOS apple:watchos (from the name) | from unspecified before 9.5 | CNA record |
Apple iOS and iPadOS apple:ios_and_ipados (from the name) | from unspecified before 15.7 | CNA record |
Apple tvOS apple:tvos (from the name) | from unspecified before 16.5 | CNA record |
apple safari apple:safari | before 16.5 | NVD |
apple ipados apple:ipados | before 15.7.6; from 16.0 before 16.5 | NVD |
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os | from 15.0 before 15.7.6; from 16.0 before 16.5 | NVD |
apple macos apple:macos | before 13.4 | NVD |
apple tvos apple:tvos | before 16.5 | NVD |
apple watchos apple:watchos | before 9.5 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux redhat:enterprise_linux | 6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0 | NVD |
webkitgtk webkitgtk+ webkitgtk:webkitgtk+ | before 2.42.3 | NVD |
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213762release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213764release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213765release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213761release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32373us-government-resource
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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