CVE-2023-42852high

CVE-2023-42852: high-severity vulnerability in Apple watchOS

Published 25 Oct 2023 · Updated 05 May 2025

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 2.0%

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, tvOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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

Affected products

Apple · iOS and iPadOS Apple · macOS Apple · Safari Apple · tvOS Apple · watchOS

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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/22 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/27 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RPPMOWFYZODONTA3RLZOKSGNR4DELGG2/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3O7ITSBZDHLBM5OG22K6RZAHRRTGECM/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTCZGQPRDAOPP6NK4CIDJKIPMBWD5J7K/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982