CVE-2023-41995 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Published: 2023-09-26

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.0011.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-09-26T20:14:49.645Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:21:47.151Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T17:40:06.142Z

Link: CVE-2023-41995

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:32.353

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:48.523

Link: CVE-2023-41995

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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