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CVE-2023-42974

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42974 is a race condition vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, iOS, and iPadOS that could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) requires high attack complexity and user interaction, but could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 16.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 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, < 12.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

support.apple.com / kb/HT214036
support.apple.com / kb/HT214037
support.apple.com / kb/HT214038
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214034
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214035
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214036
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214037
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214038
Vendor Advisory