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CVE-2023-42937

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42937 is a privacy vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS, where an application could access sensitive user data due to insufficient redaction of private data in log entries. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) for an attacker to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Apple has addressed this issue in various updates, including iOS 16.7.5, iPadOS 16.7.5, watchOS 10.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.4, macOS Sonoma 14.2, iOS 17.2, and iPadOS 17.2.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
> 16.0, < 16.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 17.0, < 17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 16.0, < 16.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 17.0, < 17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0, < 12.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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/HT214058
support.apple.com / kb/HT214063
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/34
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/38
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214035
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214036
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214041
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214057
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214058
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214063
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT214035
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT214036
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT214041
Release NotesVendor Advisory