high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2023-43000Apple Safari and iOS — use-after-free in web content handling

macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6 and the 15.8.7 builds use memory after releasing it while processing crafted web content, so a single page is enough to corrupt memory in the process that renders it.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update to macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS and iPadOS 16.6 or 15.8.7, and Safari 16.6 now; this one is carried by a commercial exploit kit.

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THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
4%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2025-11-05
Added to KEV
2026-03-05
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
execution
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsThe user must open attacker-controlled web content in an affected browser.

Fixed inmacOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, iOS 15.8.7, iPadOS 15.8.7

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2023-43000 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24