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CVE-2023-40452

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40452 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS that could allow an application to overwrite arbitrary files due to insufficient bounds checks. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this local vulnerability requires user interaction but can lead to high integrity and availability impacts. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low immediate threat.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 13.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 28th 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/HT213931
support.apple.com / kb/HT213932
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/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213931
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213932
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213936
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213937
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213938
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213940
Vendor Advisory