Arbitrary code execution via insufficient WebKit checks
Published Sep 26, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Code execution in Apple WebKit before Safari 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14 allows remote attackers to run code. WebKit performs insufficient checks while processing attacker-controlled web content, but Apple has not disclosed the specific check, code path, or input condition. A target must process the crafted content, so exploitation requires user interaction or another application path that invokes WebKit; successful exploitation executes code in the WebKit process context.
Summary
What happened
Code execution in Apple WebKit before Safari 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14 allows remote attackers to run code. WebKit performs insufficient checks while processing attacker-controlled web content, but Apple has not disclosed the specific check, code path, or input condition. A target must process the crafted content, so exploitation requires user interaction or another application path that invokes WebKit; successful exploitation executes code in the WebKit process context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-41074
- Published
- Sep 26, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 26, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <17
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