Zero-day vulnerability in Apple iOS

Out-of-bounds read
CVE-2023-28204

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2023051859 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

Vulnerable component: Apple iOS

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28204

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757

About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.