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Vulnerability details: VCID-hh14-ef4f-dqet
Vulnerability ID VCID-hh14-ef4f-dqet
Aliases CVE-2023-32439
Summary A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Safari 16.5.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32439.json
epss 0.00344 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00344 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
epss 0.00689 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32439
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
ssvc Attend https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
ssvc Attend https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32439.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32439
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32439
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
202401-04 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
2218640 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218640
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2023-32439 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32439
HT213811 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
HT213813 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
HT213814 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
HT213814 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
HT213816 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
HT213816 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
RHSA-2023:4201 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4201
RHSA-2023:4202 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4202
RHSA-2025:10364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10364
USN-6264-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6264-1/
Data source KEV
Date added June 23, 2023
Description Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a type confusion vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
Required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Due date July 14, 2023
Note 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816;  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32439
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32439.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32439
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213811
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213816
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213814
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-01-09T15:34:08Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213816
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.56303
EPSS Score 0.00344
Published At Aug. 16, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:43:50.206618+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6264-1/ 37.0.0