UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42916

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42916

    Published: 30 Nov 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-42916
    Aliases:
    USN-6545-1

    Summary:

    Details: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2, Safari 17.1.2. Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.1.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-42916, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214033, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214032, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214031, https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0011.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6545-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42916, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qtwebkit-opensource-src

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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