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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2023-41983 json

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

published 2023-10-25 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-46442

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

Patch / fix

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 16.7, 17.1
  • Apple Safari 17.1
  • Apple macOS 14.1
  • wpewebkit Debian 14, Debian 13 2.42.2-1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 12 2.42.2-1~deb12u1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13 2.42.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41983

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.42.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.42.2-1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41983

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  • webkit2gtk3 RHEL 8 2.42.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc RHEL 8 2.42.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3 RHEL 9 2.42.5-1.el9
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc RHEL 9 2.42.5-1.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-2024:2982RHSA-2024:2126

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 +1 more 2.42.2-2.158.2
  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
  • webkit2gtk4 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.5 +1 more 2.42.2-150400.4.64.2
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +5 more 2.42.2-150200.91.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 2.42.2-150000.3.157.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4651-1SUSE-SU-2023:4561-1SUSE-SU-2023:4559-1SUSE-SU-2023:4558-1

  • webkit2gtk3 AlmaLinux 8 2.42.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc AlmaLinux 8 2.42.5-1.el8
  • webkit2gtk3 AlmaLinux 9 2.42.5-1.el9
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc AlmaLinux 9 2.42.5-1.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2982ALSA-2024:2126

  • webkit2gtk3 Rocky Linux 8 2.42.5-1.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:2982

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-2023-41983 updated cvss 6.5

webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to a denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3, libwebkit2gtk
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) webkit2gtk3 2.42.5-1.el8, webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.42.5-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2982
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) webkit2gtk3 2.42.5-1.el9, webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.42.5-1.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2126
  • 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

1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple Safari
  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.