Type Confusion in Apple iOS and iPadOS - CVE-2023-32439

Vulnerability identifier: #VU77608

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-2023-32439

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 in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

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

Apple iOS
iPadOS
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
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
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Fedora
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.0
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
webkitgtk6.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.0
webkit2gtk4.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkit2gtk4.0-doc
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
webkit-jsc-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
net-libs/webkit-gtk
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apple iOS - addressed in versions 15.7.7 19H357, 16.5.1 20F75
iPadOS - addressed in versions 15.7.7 19H357, 16.5.1
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization - update to 2.4.3
macOS - update to 13.4.1 22F82
Apple Safari - update to 16.5.1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.38.5-1.el8_8.5, 2.38.5-1.el9_2.3
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.38.5-1.0.1
WPE WebKit - update to 2.40.3
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.40.3
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0 - update to 2.40.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.40.3-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.3-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.40.3-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.40.3-1
webkit2gtk4.0 - update to 2.40.3-1
webkit2gtk4.0-devel - update to 2.40.3-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.40.3-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.40.3-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.40.3-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.40.3-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.40.3-1
webkit2gtk4.0-doc - update to 2.40.3-1
webkitgtk - addressed in versions 2.40.3-1.fc37, 2.40.3-1.fc38
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.40.3-2~deb11u1, 2.40.3-2~deb12u1
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 2.40.4-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.40.5-2.146.1, 2.40.5-150000.3.144.1, 2.40.5-150200.78.1, 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3
net-libs/webkit-gtk - update to 2.42.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS and iPadOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Ventura
• Remote code execution in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Fedora 38 update for webkitgtk
• Fedora 37 update for webkitgtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.4
• Gentoo update for WebKitGTK+
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4