CVE-2023-42917

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

How to fix CVE-2023-42917

To remediate CVE-2023-42917, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.8.0 or later
• —upgrade to 1.8.0 or later
• —upgrade to 1.8.0 or later
• —upgrade to 2.42.3-1~deb11u1 or later
• —no fix listed

Is CVE-2023-42917 being exploited?

Yes — CVE-2023-42917 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.

Affected packages (5)

• from 0, < 1.8.0, >= 1.9.0, < 8.0.411
• from 0, < 1.8.0, >= 1.9.0, < 8.0.411
• from 0, < 1.8.0, >= 1.9.0, < 8.0.411
• from 0, < 2.42.3-1~deb11u1
• from 0

CVSS scores

References (22)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42917
• WEBseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12
• WEBseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13
• WEBseclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/3
• WEB