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CVE-2024-23222

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.3, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Monterey 12.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, macOS Ventura 13.6.4, tvOS 17.3, visionOS 1.0.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

This fix associated with the Coruna exploit was shipped in iOS 17.3 on January 22, 2024. This update brings that fix to devices that cannot update to the latest iOS version.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.00618
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

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

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Threat Actors Linked

1
actorSapphire Sleet
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Weakness Classification

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
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Affected Products & Versions

12
apple safari< 17.3
apple ipados< 15.8.7
apple ipados>= 16.0 and < 16.7.5
apple ipados>= 17.0 and < 17.3
apple iphone os< 15.8.7
apple iphone os>= 16.0 and < 16.7.5
apple iphone os>= 17.0 and < 17.3
apple macos>= 12.0 and < 12.7.3
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Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · product-security@apple.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD23 Jan 2024 · 01:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

27
apple-security126632
rhsaRHSA-2025:10364Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:9679Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:9653Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:9680Important
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References & Sources

16
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/6Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/34Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/40Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/US43EQFC2IS66EA2CPAZFH2RQ6WD7PKF/Broken Link
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214055Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214059Release NotesVendor Advisory
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