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VulnerabilityCVE-2023-37450Published 2023-07-27

CVE-2023-37450 — Apple Safari

highCISA KEVPublic exploit1 PoC repo

As of 2025-10-21, CVE-2023-37450 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Apple Safari, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 18.9% (97.2th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-07-13), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2023-08-03. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-37450, most recently “Coruna iOS Exploit Kit — 23 Exploits Across 5 Chains Targeting iOS 13-17.2.1 (CVE-2021-30952, CVE-2023-41974, CVE-2023-43000 + 20 More)”.

CVSS v3.1
8.8/10High
EPSS
18.9%Higher than 97.2% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
ListedAdded · due 2023-08-03
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
9/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2025-10-21
CVSS v3.1 8.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 18.9% (higher than 97.2% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2023-07-27

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What is CVE-2023-37450?

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.5.2, tvOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

The record classifies CVE-2023-37450 under weakness class NVD-CWE-noinfo. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 7 affected-product entries are recorded, across 2 vendors, listed below. The identifier was first published 1193 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
18.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2023-07-13, federal remediation deadline 2023-08-03
Threadlinqs priority
9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published
2023-07-27, last modified 2025-10-21

Is CVE-2023-37450 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-37450 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-07-13, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2023-08-03 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2023-37450 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 47 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • Apple: Safari, Ipados, Iphone Os, Macos, Tvos, Watchos
  • Webkitgtk: Webkitgtk+

How to fix CVE-2023-37450

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-37450. Patch reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213826. Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213826. Because CVE-2023-37450 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2023-08-03. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-37450

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-37450, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Other references

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