CVE-2023-42843: Apple Ipad OS

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, Safari 17.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.

Affected products

  • Apple Ipad OS: before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2); from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
  • Apple iPhone OS: before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2); from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
  • Apple macOS: version 14.0 only
  • Apple Safari: before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
  • Fedoraproject Fedora: version 40 only
  • WebKitGTK WebKitGTK: before 2.44.0 (fixed in 2.44.0)
  • Wpewebkit Wpe Webkit: before 2.44.0 (fixed in 2.44.0)

Published 2024-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.