A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.2, tvOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Published
- Dec 15, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 74th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-787
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apple | safari | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari |
| apple | ipados | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados |
| apple | iphone os | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os |
| apple | macos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos |
| apple | tvos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos |
| apple | watchos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apple ipadosbefore 15.7.2
- apple ipados16.0 and later · before 16.2
- apple iphone osbefore 15.7.2
- apple iphone os16.0 and later · before 16.2
- apple macosbefore 13.1
- apple safaribefore 16.2
- apple tvosbefore 16.2
- apple watchosbefore 9.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apple). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Apple tvOS
- unspecified and later · before 16.2affected
- unspecified and later · before 13.1affected
- unspecified and later · before 16.2affected
- unspecified and later · before 15.7affected
Apple watchOS
- unspecified and later · before 9.2affected
- unspecified and later · before 16.2affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3 | before 2.38.5-1.el8 | 2.38.5-1.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | before 2.38.5-1.el8 | 2.38.5-1.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | before 2.38.5-1.el8 | 2.38.5-1.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | before 2.38.5-1.el8 | 2.38.5-1.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3 | before 2.38.5-1.el9 | 2.38.5-1.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3-devel | before 2.38.5-1.el9 | 2.38.5-1.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | before 2.38.5-1.el9 | 2.38.5-1.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | before 2.38.5-1.el9 | 2.38.5-1.el9 |
| Debian:10 | webkit2gtk | before 2.38.2-1~deb10u1 | 2.38.2-1~deb10u1 |
| Debian:11 | webkit2gtk | before 2.38.2-1~deb11u1 | 2.38.2-1~deb11u1 |
| Debian:11 | wpewebkit | before 2.38.2-1~deb11u1 | 2.38.2-1~deb11u1 |
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk | before 2.38.1-1 | 2.38.1-1 |
| Debian:12 | wpewebkit | before 2.38.1-1 | 2.38.1-1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3 | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-debuginfo | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-debugsource | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-devel | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-jsc | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-jsc-debuginfo | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-debuginfo | before 0:2.38.5-1.el8 | 0:2.38.5-1.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | webkit2gtk3 | before 0:2.38.5-1.el9 | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | webkit2gtk3-debuginfo | before 0:2.38.5-1.el9 | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:webkit2gtk3 | 2.38.5-1.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.38.5-1.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.38.5-1.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.38.5-1.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:webkit2gtk | 2.38.1-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:wpewebkit | 2.38.1-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:webkit2gtk3 | 2.38.3-150200.57.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:webkit2gtk3-soup2 | 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:webkit2gtk4 | 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3 | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-debuginfo | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-debugsource | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-devel | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-devel-debuginfo | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-jsc | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-jsc-debuginfo | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-debuginfo | 0:2.38.5-1.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:webkit2gtk3 | 2.38.3-150200.57.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:webkit2gtk3-soup2 | 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:webkit2gtk4 | 2.38.5-150400.4.34.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds WriteCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/20
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/28
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-32
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213537
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.