CVE-2023-28204 (GCVE-0-2023-28204)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-23 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Summary
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, Safari 16.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
References
Impacted products
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2023-05-22
Due date: 2023-06-12
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://support.apple.com/HT213757, https://support.apple.com/HT213758, https://support.apple.com/HT213761, https://support.apple.com/HT213762, https://support.apple.com/HT213764, https://support.apple.com/HT213765; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28204
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