Apple watchOS Web Contents memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple watchOS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-23213. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS (Smartwatch Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Contents Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, tvOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was disclosed 01/23/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-23213 since 01/12/2024. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209834 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:3751-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (209834) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1213). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Oracle Linux

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209834
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2024:3751-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2024 🔍
01/23/2024 +11 days 🔍
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04/02/2026 +800 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2024-97faaca23d
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-23213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-23213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251747
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2024-1213 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2024 06:56
Updated: 04/02/2026 22:47
Changes: 01/23/2024 06:56 (39), 02/16/2024 13:17 (1), 02/16/2024 13:22 (11), 06/11/2024 05:50 (15), 10/27/2024 21:58 (3), 04/20/2025 16:00 (3), 09/06/2025 20:27 (7), 04/02/2026 22:47 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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