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October 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Operating system updates and zero-days aplenty

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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-41061
Actively Exploited Wallet Flaw Enables Code Execution on Apple iOS, iPadOS, watchOS
7.84%KEV
KEV
CVE-2023-41064
ImageIO Buffer Overflow in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Allows Code Execution
7.853%KEV
KEV
CVE-2023-41993
+2 related CVEs
WebKit Code Execution Flaw in Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari
8.8
group max
24%KEV
KEV
CVE-2023-4863
Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Chromium WebP Image Codec Actively Exploited
8.8100%KEVPoC ×4
KEV
CVE-2023-5127
The WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to…
5.4<1%
CVE-2023-5217
Heap Buffer Overflow in Google Chromium libvpx (CVE-2023-5217) Added to CISA KEV
8.849%KEVPoC
KEV

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UPDATE: October 10, 12:10 PM PT – October 2023 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft fixes exploited WordPad, Skype for Business zero-days September has been a packed month of continuous updates. New operating systems were released from Apple and Microsoft, and several vulnerabilities exploited in web services resulted in a domino effect of zero-day releases for many vendors.

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