CVE-2023-38595
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary
02 Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, Safari 16.6, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-07-27 00:31Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-13 17:02Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8434bbcf6d98ddeee6a988c720b024a00946d5112e2540b04fb8facac25ae294
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213847
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/02/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJ4DG5LHWG2INDOTPB7MO4JVJN6LKL3M/
- www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5468
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQXJYKTGLKI6TJEFJCKPHCNY7PS72OER/
- security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- webkit2gtk3 Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
- webkit2gtk3-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
- webkit2gtk3-jsc Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
- webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- webkit2gtk3 Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
- webkit2gtk3-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
- webkit2gtk3-jsc Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
- webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- webkit2gtk3 Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
- webkit2gtk3-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
- webkit2gtk3-jsc Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
- webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- webkit2gtk3 Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
- webkit2gtk3-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
- webkit2gtk3-jsc Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
- webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel Fixed in 2.40.5-1.el9
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- webkit2gtk Fixed in 2.40.5-1~deb12u1
- wpewebkit No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- webkit2gtk Fixed in 2.40.5-1
- wpewebkit Fixed in 2.40.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- webkit2gtk Fixed in 2.40.5-1
- wpewebkit Fixed in 2.40.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-opensource-src No fix yet
- qtwebkit-source No fix yet
- webkit2gtk No fix yet
- webkitgtk No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-opensource-src No fix yet
- qtwebkit-source No fix yet
- webkit2gtk No fix yet
- webkitgtk No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-opensource-src No fix yet
- webkit2gtk No fix yet
- wpewebkit No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-opensource-src No fix yet
- webkit2gtk Fixed in 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
- wpewebkit No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- qtwebkit-opensource-src No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.