CVE-2023-40400 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 0.01679.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Tvos Watchos

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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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-09-26T20:14:30.575Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T15:17:27.959Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-40400

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:47.973

Link: CVE-2023-40400

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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