CVE-2023-40446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing maliciously crafted input may lead to arbitrary code execution in user-installed apps.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-12-12T00:38:29.093Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:19:39.169Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.262Z

Link: CVE-2023-40446

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.821Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-12T01:15:10.360

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:41.683

Link: CVE-2023-40446

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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