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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2023-38611 json

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

published 2023-07-27 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-42410

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. 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.

Patch / fix

  • Apple Safari 16.6
  • Apple tvOS 16.6
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 16.6
  • Apple macOS 13.5
  • Apple watchOS 9.6
  • wpewebkit Debian 14, Debian 13 2.40.5-1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 12 2.40.5-1~deb12u1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13 2.40.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38611

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.40.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38611

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  • webkit2gtk3 RHEL 8 2.40.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc RHEL 8 2.40.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3 RHEL 9 2.40.5-1.el9
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc RHEL 9 2.40.5-1.el9
  • webkitgtk4 RHEL 7 ELS 2.48.3-2.el7_9
  • webkitgtk4-jsc RHEL 7 ELS 2.48.3-2.el7_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:10364RHSA-2023:7055RHSA-2023:6535

  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
  • webkit2gtk4 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 2.40.5-2.146.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +7 more 2.40.5-150200.78.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3753-1SUSE-SU-2023:3419-1SUSE-SU-2023:3300-1SUSE-SU-2023:3237-1SUSE-SU-2023:3233-1

  • webkit2gtk3 AlmaLinux 8 2.40.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc AlmaLinux 8 2.40.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3 AlmaLinux 9 2.40.5-1.el9
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc AlmaLinux 9 2.40.5-1.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:7055ALSA-2023:6535

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-38611 updated cvss 8.8

webkitgtk: arbitrary code execution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3, libwebkit2gtk
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) webkit2gtk3 2.40.5-1.el8, webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.40.5-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7055
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) webkit2gtk3 2.40.5-1.el9, webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.40.5-1.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6535
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) webkitgtk4 2.48.3-2.el7_9, webkitgtk4-jsc 2.48.3-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) webkitgtk4-doc 2.48.3-2.el7_9, webkitgtk4-devel 2.48.3-2.el7_9, webkitgtk4-debuginfo 2.48.3-2.el7_9, webkitgtk4-jsc-devel 2.48.3-2.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10364

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Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.