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CVE-2023-32373 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Apple Multiple Products vulnerability

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari. Malicious web content can trigger code execution. Actively exploited in the wild.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A use-after-free memory corruption flaw in WebKit enables remote code execution through crafted web content. The vulnerability affects multiple Apple platforms and any third-party products using WebKit for HTML processing. Active exploitation confirms practical threat.

CISA KEV Yes · 2023-05-223EPSS 0.1227 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
9 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-05-22).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.1227 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apple, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-416 Use After Free — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-416 · Use After FreeMemory safety
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I craft malicious HTML or JavaScript to trigger improper memory handling in WebKit's parser.
Business
End users face arbitrary code execution risk when visiting compromised or attacker-controlled websites.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I deliver the malicious content via web browsing, email links, or embedded web views in applications.
Business
Device compromise, data theft, and lateral movement into corporate networks become possible without user awareness.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I exploit the vulnerability to gain execution context within Safari or other WebKit-based applications.
Business
Attackers bypass application sandboxing and gain persistent access to sensitive user information and system resources.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • 9 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Catalogued by apple (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by appleCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.