CVE-2023-41983

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: October 25, 2023 at 06:32 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:23 AM UTC

6 products affected across 3 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPadOS · Apple

95%

v < 16.7v < 16.7.2v < 17.117.0 ≤ v < 17.1

Affected range stops below 16.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 16.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

v < 16.7.217.0 ≤ v < 17.1

Affected range stops below 16.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 14.114.0 ≤ v < 14.1

Affected range stops below 14.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Safari · Apple

95%

v < 17.1

Affected range stops below 17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

11.0 12.0

Fedora · Fedora Projectrpm

95%

37 38 39

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references