CVE-2023-32409
Apple Multiple Products: WebKit Sandbox Escape
As of , CVE-2023-32409 in Apple Multiple Products is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 22 May 2023
- US federal deadline
- 12 June 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.17Higher than 96% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- No score that dayThe EPSS file of the day CISA listed it has no score for it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.apple.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a remote attacker to break out of the Web Content sandbox. 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.
CISA's description
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, Safari 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
The CVE record's description, from apple
- CVE published
- 23 June 2023
- Assigned by
- apple
- CVSS
- 8.6 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- The CVE record was published.
Multiple Products: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-86950Out-of-Bounds Write | Apple Multiple Products | Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA; listed in the last 14 days | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2021-30860Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.76 | 0.76 | ||
| CVE-2023-32434Integer Overflow | Apple Multiple Products | Patch this weekEPSS 0.52 | 0.52 | ||
| CVE-2019-8605Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2020-3837Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.15 | ||
| CVE-2019-8506Type Confusion | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soonVerified Exploit-DB entry | 0.16 | ||
| CVE-2023-28205WebKit Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.27 | ||
| CVE-2021-30807Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.29 | ||
| CVE-2025-31200Memory Corruption | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.19 | ||
| CVE-2025-24085Use-After-Free | Apple Multiple Products | Patch soon | 0.18 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org