PT-2023-8209 · Apple+9 · Safari+15

Published 2023-12-11 · Updated 2024-08-20 · CVE-2023-42883

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari versions prior to 17.2 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.2 iOS versions prior to 17.2 iPadOS versions prior to 17.2 watchOS versions prior to 10.2 tvOS versions prior to 17.2 iOS versions prior to 16.7.3 iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.3

Description The issue exists due to insufficient input validation in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit modules, which can lead to a denial-of-service when processing an image. This may allow an attacker to cause a service disruption. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified.

Recommendations For Safari versions prior to 17.2, update to Safari 17.2 or later. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.2, update to macOS Sonoma 14.2 or later. For iOS versions prior to 17.2, update to iOS 17.2 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 17.2, update to iPadOS 17.2 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 10.2, update to watchOS 10.2 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 17.2, update to tvOS 17.2 or later. For iOS versions prior to 16.7.3, update to iOS 16.7.3 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.3, update to iPadOS 16.7.3 or later.

Fix

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2126

ALSA-2024:2982

BDU:2024-00202

CESA-2024_2982

CVE-2023-42883

DSA-5580-1

INFSA-2024_2126

INFSA-2024_2982

MGASA-2024-0148

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_0004-1

RHSA-2024:2126

RHSA-2024:2982

RHSA-2024_2126

RHSA-2024_2982

RHSA-2025:10364

RLSA-2024:2982

SUSE-SU-2023:4978-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0002-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0003-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0004-1

USN-6582-1

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Apple Macos

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Safari

Suse

Ubuntu

Ios

Ipados

Macos Sonoma

Tvos

Watchos

References · 114

• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2126.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5580 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2126.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:2982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5580-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:2126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:0003-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42883 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42883 · Vendor Advisory