CVE-2023-42941 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform a denial-of-service attack using crafted Bluetooth packets.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

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 0.001.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-47362	The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform a denial-of-service attack using crafted Bluetooth packets.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035

History

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-400

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T21:23:03.523Z

Updated: 2025-06-16T18:37:28.167Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.472Z

Link: CVE-2023-42941

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:21.907Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:50.543

Modified: 2025-06-16T19:15:24.050

Link: CVE-2023-42941

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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