CVE-2023-41993

high

Description

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.

References

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0009.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0004/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-33

https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/intellexa-leaks-reveal-zero-days-and.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-webkit-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attacks/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-fixes-this-years-first-actively-exploited-zero-day-bug/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/08/29/n-day-exploits-government-websites/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-apt29-hackers-use-ios-chrome-exploits-created-by-spyware-vendors/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/russian-hackers-exploit-safari-and.html

https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/documents/Year_in_Review_of_ZeroDays.pdf

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-emergency-updates-fix-3-new-zero-days-exploited-in-attacks/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41993

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213930

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213926

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-09-21

Updated: 2025-11-05

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21526