CVE-2023-37450highunder attack

CVE-2023-37450: high-severity vulnerability in Apple Safari

Published · Updated

E-mail alert when it lands in KEV, gets a public PoC or its score goes up.

56Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Actcvss 8.8epss 19%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDJul 26
CISA KEVJul 13
What the vendors declare (VEX)

Official vendor statements in CSAF/VEX format: whether their product is affected, already fixed, or ruled out — and why. These are the vendor's assertions, not Vexday's judgment.

Affected
2 products (9 components)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
workaround: This vulnerability can be mitigated by setting the environment variable JSC_useWebAssembly=0, which will disable support for WebAssembly. It's not necessary to set this environment variable if you're already using JavaScriptCoreUseJIT=0 to…
Fixed
4 products (116 components)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2023-08-03

Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.

In short

A vulnerability in how Apple devices process web content could allow an attacker to run malicious code on your device just by visiting a compromised website. This is a serious flaw that Apple says has been actively exploited.

Technical detail

A memory corruption vulnerability in WebKit's web content processing engine allows arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the rendering process. The attack vector is remote and requires only user interaction (visiting a malicious webpage); no special access or authentication is needed. Apple confirmed active exploitation in the wild.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

The full analysis of this CVE is available in Portuguese →

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.5.2, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H