CVE-2023-42869 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Multiple issues in libxml2.

Published: 2024-01-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.4

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.5

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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No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-47290	Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Multiple issues in libxml2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00136.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758

History

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

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

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:40.740Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T15:51:54.892Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.453Z

Link: CVE-2023-42869

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.049Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:50.200

Modified: 2025-06-20T16:15:24.177

Link: CVE-2023-42869

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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