CVE-2023-40438 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, where an application could potentially access edited photos stored in temporary directories due to improper handling of temporary files. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this local vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H) by allowing unauthorized access to sensitive image data. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 14.0CPE 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:N/A:N
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