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CVE-2023-42843

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-290

Description

An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, Safari 17.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad Os: before 16.7.2; from 17.0 before 17.1 — fixed in 16.7.2, 17.1
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.7.2; from 17.0 before 17.1 — fixed in 16.7.2, 17.1
• Apple macOS: 14.0
• Apple Safari: before 17.1 — fixed in 17.1
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 40
• Webkit: before 2.44.0 — fixed in 2.44.0
• Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit: before 2.44.0 — fixed in 2.44.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Ipad Os 16.7.2, 17.1; Apple Iphone Os 16.7.2, 17.1; Apple Safari 17.1; Webkit 2.44.0; Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit 2.44.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/1
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXLXIOAH5S7J22LJTCIAVFVVJ4TESAX4/
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213986
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/1
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXLXIOAH5S7J22LJTCIAVFVVJ4TESAX4/
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213986

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