CVE-2023-42871 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Published: 2024-01-10

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 0.00118.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-787
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:12.860Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:22:46.423Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-42871

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.111Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:50.280

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:51.760

Link: CVE-2023-42871

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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