CVE-2023-40414

Published: Jan 10, 2024Modified: Jun 20, 2025

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected (6)

Products: Apple: Ipados, Iphone Os, Macos, Safari, Tvos, Watchos

6 products

Configuration A

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Ipados	Before 17.0
Apple Iphone Os	Before 17.0
Apple Macos	Before 14.0
Apple Safari	Before 17.0
Apple Tvos	Before 17.0
Apple Watchos	Before 10.0

Related CWEs

CWE-416

Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (12)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/05/8

Source: product-security@apple.com

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/05/8