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CVE-2023-40417

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40417 is a user interface (UI) spoofing vulnerability affecting Apple's Safari, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS. This flaw, stemming from a window management issue, could allow a malicious website to frame content and deceive users. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.4, it requires user interaction (visiting a malicious site) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / kb/HT213937
support.apple.com / kb/HT213938
support.apple.com / kb/HT213941
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213937
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213938
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213940
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213941
Release NotesVendor Advisory