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CVE-2023-41982

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-41982 is a vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, watchOS, iOS, and iPadOS that allows an attacker with physical access to a locked device to potentially access sensitive user data via Siri. The CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium) indicates a low attack complexity with high confidentiality impact, requiring physical access to the device. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, Apple has released patches in macOS Sonoma 14.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2/17.1, and iPadOS 16.7.2/17.1 to address this issue by restricting Siri options on locked devices.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 16.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213981
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213982
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213988
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213981
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213982
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213988
Release NotesVendor Advisory