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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-23213 json

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

published 2024-01-23 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-20732

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
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 Safari 17.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, tvOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Patch / fix

  • Apple Safari 17.3
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 16.7.5, 17.3
  • Apple macOS 14.3
  • Apple tvOS 17.3
  • Apple watchOS 10.3
  • wpewebkit Debian 14, Debian 13 2.42.5-1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 12 2.42.5-1~deb12u1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13 2.42.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23213

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.42.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23213

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 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-2025:10364

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 +2 more 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +2 more 2.46.0-150400.4.91.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 +3 more 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 +3 more 2.42.5-150400.4.75.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3870-1SUSE-SU-2024:3869-1SUSE-SU-2024:3752-1SUSE-SU-2024:3751-1SUSE-SU-2024:0548-1SUSE-SU-2024:0545-1

  • 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-2024-23213 updated cvss 8.8

webkitgtk: Processing web content may lead to 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 planned “Will not fix”
  • 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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc, webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.50% 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
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 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 iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple macOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple watchOS

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.