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CVE-2023-41981

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-41981 is a memory handling vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. An attacker who has already achieved kernel code execution could leverage this flaw to bypass kernel memory mitigations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium) with a vector indicating a local attack, low complexity, high privileges required, and a high impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 13.6CPE 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

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/HT213927
support.apple.com / kb/HT213931
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/4
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213927
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213931
Release NotesVendor Advisory
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