| Name | CVE-2023-41983 |
| Description | The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, Safari 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5557-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| webkit2gtk (PTS) | jessie | 2.6.2+dfsg1-4 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.18.6-1~deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.38.6-0+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.44.2-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.46.4-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.46.0-2~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.46.4-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.46.4-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.46.5-1 | fixed |
| wpewebkit (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.38.6-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.38.6-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.46.4-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.46.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - webkit2gtk <end-of-life> (EOL in buster LTS)
[bookworm] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit not covered by security support in Bookworm)
[bullseye] - wpewebkit <ignored> (wpewebkit >= 2.40 can no longer be sensibly backported)
https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0010.html