CVE-2023-40424 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44995	The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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/HT213937
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-09-26T20:14:50.127Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:19:05.470Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.259Z

Link: CVE-2023-40424

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:19:05.470Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:11.160

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:39.777

Link: CVE-2023-40424

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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