CVE-2023-42917

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. 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 lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

  • Published Nov 30, 2023
  • CVSS 8.8 high
  • 9.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
  • In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
  • A fix is available

Affected software

CVE-2023-42917 at the National Vulnerability Database