CVE-2023-40451 Code injection in Safari

What is CVE-2023-40451?

CVE-2023-40451 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 26 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved iframe sandbox enforcement. This issue is fixed in Safari 17. An attacker with JavaScript execution may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40451?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Safari.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40451?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2023-40451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari

• CVE-2015-5780 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-1300 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-1303 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-1120 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-0137 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 10.0

All Apple Safari vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40451, GHSA-p489-ffhp-rw3f, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40451.