CVE-2023-42899 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems, stemming from improved memory handling. Processing a malicious image could lead to arbitrary code execution, posing a significant risk of compromise. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially resulting in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low immediate threat but requiring prompt patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.7.2CPE 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:H/A:H
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.
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.