Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-23222

Safari

Apple / Safari · affected before 17.3

Severity
CVSS 8.8 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
10.6%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-23222 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Apple Safari and 4 other products. A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 17.3, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Apple / Safari affected before 17.3.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks

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.

Vendor Product Affected Status
Apple Safari Before 17.3 Affected
Apple iOS and iPadOS Before 15.8.7 Affected
Apple iOS and iPadOS Before 16.7.5 Affected
Apple iOS and iPadOS Before 17.3 Affected
Apple macOS Before 12.7.3 Affected
Apple macOS Before 13.6.4 Affected
Apple macOS Before 14.3 Affected
Apple tvOS Before 17.3 Affected
Apple visionOS Before 1.0.2 Affected
Published
23 Jan 2024
Exploitation Reported
23 Jan 2024
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

ios nessus_scanner macos cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 23 Jan 2024

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2024-01-23 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Virtual patch status

No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/236273 02 Jun 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

10.6%

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  2. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-23222",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.10593,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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