CVE-2024-23222

Exp

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.3, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Monterey 12.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, macOS Ventura 13.6.4, tvOS 17.3, visionOS 1.0.2. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. This fix associated with the Coruna exploit was shipped in iOS 17.3 on January 22, 2024. This update brings that fix to devices that cannot update to the latest iOS version.

Published: 2024-01-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-23222 is rated Critical Active Threat (98.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.59%, 95th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2024-01-23) affecting Apple / Multiple Products. a weakness (CWE-843) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +9.97% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2024-23222

Name: Apple Multiple Products WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2024-01-23

Action due: 2024-02-13

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-23222

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 2026-06-15 0.62% 10.59% +9.97%
2 2026-05-29 0.91% 0.62% -0.29%
3 2026-05-22 — 0.91% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-23222

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 [email protected]
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-2024-23222

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-23222

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-23222 not yet assigned 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-2024-23222
gentoo high CVE-2024-23222: 1 GLSA(s) (202407-13), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/webkit-gtk); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-23222
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23222
suse high CVE-2024-23222 severity important: SUSE including 132 source package names (WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.46.0-150400.4.91.1, WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.46.0-150600.12.12.1, …), 455 product×package rows across 46 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (46 product lines)): Fixed 385, Known Not Affected 70. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23222/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-23222 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk, wpewebkit), 45 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 22, DNE 16, needs-triage 3, released 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23222

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-23222

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 17.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados < 15.8.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados >= 16.0, < 16.7.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados >= 17.0, < 17.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 15.8.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os >= 16.0, < 16.7.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os >= 17.0, < 17.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 12.0, < 12.7.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 13.0, < 13.6.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 14.0, < 14.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 17.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple visionos < 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:visionos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-23222

URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118479 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120304 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120305 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120307 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120309 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120310 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120311 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120339 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/126632 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/6 Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/34 Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/40 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/US43EQFC2IS66EA2CPAZFH2RQ6WD7PKF/ Broken Link
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214055 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214059 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214061 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214055 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214056 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214057 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214058 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214059 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214061 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214063 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214070 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-23222 US Government Resource
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