CVE-2023-42831 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, and macOS operating systems, allowing an application to potentially fingerprint a user. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality impact. Apple addressed this issue by removing the vulnerable code in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8, iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, and macOS Ventura 13.5. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 15.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 15.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0, < 13.5CPE 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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