Type Confusion in Apple iOS and iPadOS - CVE-2023-23529

Vulnerability identifier: #VU72161

CSH Severity: Critical

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23529

CWE-ID: CWE-843

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when parsing web content in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Apple iOS
iPadOS
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Fedora
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
wpewebkit (Debian package)
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-5.0
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit-jsc-4
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apple iOS - addressed in versions 16.3.1 20D67, 15.7.4 19H321
iPadOS - addressed in versions 16.3.1 20D67, 15.7.4 19H321
WPE WebKit - update to 2.38.5
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.38.5
macOS - update to 13.2.1 22D68
Apple Safari - addressed in versions 16.3, 16.3.1, 16.3 16614.4.6.11.6, 16.3 17614.4.6.11.6
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.36.7-1.el8_7.2, 2.36.7-1.el9_1.2
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.36.7-1.0.2
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.36.7-1.0.2
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.36.7-1.0.2
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.36.7-1.0.2
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
libwebkit2gtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-5.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.38.5-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.fc36
webkitgtk - update to 2.38.5-1.fc37
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.38.5-1~deb11u1
wpewebkit (Debian package) - update to 2.38.5-1~deb11u1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1, 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.38.5-2.131.4, 2.38.5-150000.3.134.1, 2.38.5-150200.66.1
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-5_0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-5_0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-5_0-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-5.0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-5_0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk-5_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
webkit-jsc-5.0-debuginfo - update to 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.40.1
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213635
• https://citizenlab.ca/2023/04/nso-groups-pegasus-spyware-returns-in-2022/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Remote code execution in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Remote code execution in Apple Safari
• Debian update for wpewebkit
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Remote code execution in Apple Safari
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Fedora 36 update for webkit2gtk3
• Fedora 37 update for webkitgtk
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4