Apple macOS Safari denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple macOS. Affected is an unknown function of the component Safari. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-23512. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Safari. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 01/23/2023 by Adriatik Raci as HT213605 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-23512. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

Visiting a website may lead to an app denial-of-service

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27612). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2023 🔍
01/23/2023 +11 days 🔍
01/23/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2023 +1 days 🔍
10/11/2025 +991 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213605
Researcher: Adriatik Raci
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23512 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23512
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219251
EUVD: 🔍
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2023 11:20
Updated: 10/11/2025 20:47
Changes: 01/24/2023 11:20 (16), 01/24/2023 11:23 (28), 02/19/2023 08:59 (1), 10/11/2025 20:47 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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