This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0163.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Apple iOS and iPadOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 17
Apple tvOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 17
Apple macOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 14
Apple watchOS affected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 10

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841 cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 cve-icon
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01447}

 epss

{'score': 0.01725}

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01679}

 epss

{'score': 0.01447}

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:18:15.943Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.254Z

Link: CVE-2023-40400

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.728Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:07.467

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:37.747

Link: CVE-2023-40400

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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