Apple Safari unusual condition

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7.9$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Safari. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-41993. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari (Web Browser) (the affected version is unknown). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.

The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-41993 since 09/06/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/06/2025).

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 09/25/2023 with a due date of 10/16/2023:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unusual condition
CWE: CWE-754
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Attacked

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2023 🔍
09/21/2023 +15 days 🔍
09/21/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/06/2025 +777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2023-a4693c1c98
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-41993 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-41993
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240167
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2023 22:27
Updated: 11/06/2025 11:23
Changes: 09/21/2023 22:27 (38), 10/14/2023 11:43 (1), 10/14/2023 11:51 (12), 04/29/2024 13:46 (23), 05/15/2024 17:15 (1), 08/14/2024 18:44 (13), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 11/04/2024 16:52 (1), 04/21/2025 21:00 (3), 11/06/2025 11:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 lywand (+0)
2 years ago
Please Remove Oracle from the CPEs. This product is covered by https://vuldb.com/?id.275428
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
Thank you, we have just cleaned the CPE list.

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