CVE-2023-43010

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, Safari 17.2, iOS 16.7.15 and iPadOS 16.7.15, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.

Published: 2026-03-12 Last update: 2026-03-25 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-43010 is rated Moderate Risk (40.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-43010

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-13 0.05% 0.05% +0.00%
2 2026-03-26 0.06% 0.05% -0.02%
3 2026-03-13 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-43010

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-43010

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-43010

vendor priority summary link
debian end-of-life CVE-2023-43010 end-of-life priority: Debian including 2 source packages (webkit2gtk, wpewebkit), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 8, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43010
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43010
suse high CVE-2023-43010 severity important: SUSE including 84 source package names (WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.52.0-150400.4.137.3, WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.52.1-150600.12.63.1, …), 355 product×package rows across 23 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS, … (23 product lines)): Fixed 337, First Fixed 18. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43010/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-43010 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk, wpewebkit), 31 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): ignored 14, DNE 9, needs-triage 4, released 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43010

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-43010

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 17.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados < 15.8.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados >= 16.0, < 16.7.15 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados >= 17.0, < 17.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 15.8.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os >= 16.0, < 16.7.15 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os >= 17.0, < 17.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos < 14.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-43010

URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120300 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120877 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120879 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126632 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126646 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Mar/1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
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