CVE-2023-41995
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 26, 2023 at 08:14 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:23 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 16.6v < 17
Affected range stops below 16.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 16.6
Affected range stops below 16.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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