Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 16.3 Web Contents type confusion

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7.4$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation results in type confusion. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-32358. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.3 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was presented 08/15/2023. The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-32358 since 05/08/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 16.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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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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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 16.4

Timelineinfo

05/08/2023 🔍
08/15/2023 +99 days 🔍
08/15/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/09/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32358 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32358
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237138
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2023 09:26
Updated: 09/09/2023 09:13
Changes: 08/15/2023 09:26 (41), 09/09/2023 09:13 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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