March 5, 2026 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2023-43000 — Apple Multiple Products
Apple Multiple products Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2026-03-05- Federal due date
2026-03-26- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- Multiple Products
- EPSS
- 89.9th percentile (score 0.039, as of
2026-10-04) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 8.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43000
CISA short description
Apple macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari 16.6 contain a use-after-free vulnerability due to the processing of maliciously crafted web content that may lead to memory corruption.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
NVD description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Safari 16.6, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption.