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CVE-2023-42977

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42977 is a path handling vulnerability affecting Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that could allow an application to escape its sandbox. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100 indicates a notable potential risk. Apple has addressed this issue with improved validation in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma 14.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/120949
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/120950
Release NotesVendor Advisory