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CVE-2023-40432

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40432 is a memory handling vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, posing a significant risk of full system compromise. While the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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/HT213936
support.apple.com / kb/HT213937
support.apple.com / kb/HT213938
support.apple.com / kb/HT213940
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213936
Release NotesVendor 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