Threats / Apple / CVE-2024-23222
CVE-2024-23222
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apple Multiple Products vulnerability
Type confusion vulnerability in WebKit affecting Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari. Maliciously crafted web content can trigger code execution. Actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A type confusion flaw in WebKit's HTML processing enables remote code execution through malicious web content. The vulnerability affects multiple Apple platforms and third-party products using WebKit. Active exploitation confirms practical threat.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
10 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 2024-01-23).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.10593 — 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.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-843 Type Confusion — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution 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.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious webpage exploiting type confusion in WebKit's type system to achieve arbitrary code execution when the victim visits the page.
Business
Users visiting compromised or attacker-controlled websites face immediate code execution risk, enabling data theft, malware installation, or device compromise across multiple Apple platforms.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I distribute the malicious content through watering hole attacks or compromised legitimate websites to maximize victim exposure.
Business
Widespread device compromise undermines user trust in Apple ecosystem security and creates liability for organizations managing Apple device fleets.
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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.
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