Vulnerability · CVE-2023-32435
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Published Mar 27, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Multiple Products
Patch now
CVE-2023-32435 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 14, 2023. Confirm Apple Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 22.95%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe apple/ipados · cpe apple/iphone os · cpe apple/macos · cpe apple/safari · vendor Apple Multiple Products
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. 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 released before iOS 15.7.
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- cpe apple/ipadosversion unspecified
- cpe apple/iphone osversion unspecified
- cpe apple/macosversion unspecified
- cpe apple/safariversion unspecified
- vendor Apple Multiple Productsversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2023-32435
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jul 14, 2023.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2023-32435 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 14, 2023. Confirm Apple Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 22.95%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 23, 2023 · Catalog
Detected
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. 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 released before iOS 15.7.
Jun 23, 2023 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jul 14, 2023 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. 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 released before iOS 15.7.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-32435
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a memory corruption 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.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-32435
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-32435
30-day exploitation probability 23.0%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-32435
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that thi
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-32435
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari WebKit contain a memory corruption 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-Appl
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · docs.google.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- CISA note · support.apple.com
- CISA note · support.apple.com
- CISA note · support.apple.com
- CISA note · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.