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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,…
High8.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
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 code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Affected products
References (10)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213847 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/02/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KJ4DG5LHWG2INDOTPB7MO4JVJN6LKL3M/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5468 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KQXJYKTGLKI6TJEFJCKPHCNY7PS72OER/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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