CVE-2023-28198: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

  • Apple iPadOS: before 16.4 (fixed in 16.4)
  • Apple iPhone OS: before 16.4 (fixed in 16.4)
  • Apple macOS: from 13.0, before 13.3 (fixed in 13.3)
  • WebKitGTK WebKitGTK: before 2.40.1 (fixed in 2.40.1)
  • Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit: before 2.40.1 (fixed in 2.40.1)

Published 2023-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.