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CVE-2023-28205
Apple Multiple Products
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U H H H 8.8 .2708 98.0 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
iOS and iPadOS unspecified – —
Safari unspecified – —
macOS unspecified – —
iOS and iPadOS unspecified – —
TIMELINE
Mar 13 Reserved by apple
Apr 10 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-05-01
Apr 10 Published (CNA: apple)
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 16.4.1, iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| March 13, 2023 | Reserved | Reserved by apple |
| April 10, 2023 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-05-01 |
| April 10, 2023 | Published | Published (CNA: apple) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 4 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | Safari | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | unspecified | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-28205 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, October 7, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.