CVE-2023-40438 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

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 0.00058.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45009	An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-379
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:50.347Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T15:42:28.144Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.261Z

Link: CVE-2023-40438

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.920Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:48.870

Modified: 2025-06-20T16:15:22.840

Link: CVE-2023-40438

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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