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CVE-2023-41983

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-41983 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apple products including macOS, Safari, iOS, and iPadOS, stemming from improper memory handling when processing web content. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to process malicious web content, leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Patches are available in macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, iOS 16.7.2/17.1, and iPadOS 16.7.2/17.1.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: webkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.42.5-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.42.5-1.el9
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-41983Moderate

webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to a denial of service

Nov 15, 2023

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/27
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/RPPMOWFYZODONTA3RLZOKSGNR4DELGG2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/S3O7ITSBZDHLBM5OG22K6RZAHRRTGECM
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZTCZGQPRDAOPP6NK4CIDJKIPMBWD5J7K
Mailing List
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-33
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213981
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213982
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213986
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213984
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5557
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/11/15/1
Mailing List