CVE-2023-40423 is a memory handling vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, which could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) for a local attacker (AV:L) to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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