CVE-2023-40445 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apple iOS and iPadOS, specifically versions prior to 17.1, where a device could persistently fail to lock due to an issue with improved UI handling. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high impact on integrity (I:H) and requiring no user interaction (UI:N) or prior privileges (PR:N) for an attacker to exploit over the network (AV:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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