CVE-2023-42916

NameCVE-2023-42916
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. 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 disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5575-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webkit2gtk (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.44.2-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2.44.2-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.44.2-1fixed
wpewebkit (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.38.6-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.38.6-1vulnerable
sid, trixie2.44.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webkit2gtksourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
webkit2gtksourcebullseye2.42.3-1~deb11u1DSA-5575-1
webkit2gtksourcebookworm2.42.3-1~deb12u1DSA-5575-1
webkit2gtksource(unstable)2.42.3-1
wpewebkitsource(unstable)2.42.3-1

Notes

[buster] - webkit2gtk <end-of-life> (EOL in buster LTS)
[bookworm] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit not covered by security support in Bookworm)
[bullseye] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit >= 2.40 can no longer be sensibly backported)
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0011.html

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