CVE-2023-42916: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Vendor
Apple
Product
Multiple Products
Added to the catalog
2023-12-04
Due date for US federal agencies
2023-12-25
Weaknesses
CWE-125
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that may disclose sensitive information 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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

Read on 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z under licence cisa-kev-cc0@b0067899 from https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-11-30T23:15:07.223
Last modified
2026-06-17T06:24:49.510
Weaknesses
CWE-125

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

References

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CVE record

Assigner
apple
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2023-11-30T22:18:49.672Z
Updated
2025-10-21T23:05:31.664Z
Problem types
Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

References

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:54:48.426Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-125.json

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2023-42916: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-53b8e1b7c8bf, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2023-42916 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T06:24:49.510.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:05:31.664Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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