CVE-2023-23496
Published: 27 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-23496 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Apple Safari. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 27.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-27596
Vulnerability details
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, Safari 16.3, tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary…
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code execution.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.