CVE-2023-43000 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ios Ipad Os Ipados Macos Macos Ventura Safari

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120324
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120331
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120338

History

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple ios Apple ipad Os Apple ipados Apple macos Apple macos Ventura Apple safari
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple ios Apple ipad Os Apple ipados Apple macos Apple macos Ventura Apple safari

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-416
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/120324 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120331 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120338

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2025-11-05T18:33:23.777Z

Updated: 2025-11-06T04:55:46.892Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.491Z

Link: CVE-2023-43000

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-05T18:52:52.612Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-05T19:15:47.937

Modified: 2025-11-06T19:45:30.990

Link: CVE-2023-43000

Redhat

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