A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS…

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, tvOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
• CWE-noinfo Not enough information

Affected products

• Apple · iOS and iPadOS

  • affected unspecified – < 16.7

• Apple · Safari

  • affected unspecified – < 17.1

• Apple · tvOS

  • affected unspecified – < 17.1

• Apple · macOS

  • affected unspecified – < 14.1

• Apple · watchOS

  • affected unspecified – < 10.1

• Apple · iOS and iPadOS

  • affected unspecified – < 17.1

References (19)

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213986 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/22 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/27 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZTCZGQPRDAOPP6NK4CIDJKIPMBWD5J7K/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/15/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5557 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RPPMOWFYZODONTA3RLZOKSGNR4DELGG2/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/S3O7ITSBZDHLBM5OG22K6RZAHRRTGECM/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2023-42852](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2023-42852.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-42852)

Record last updated 5 May 2025, 14:59 UTC.