CVE-2023-42951 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A user may be unable to delete browsing history items.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00095.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipad Os Iphone Os

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

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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/HT213982
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple ipad Os Apple iphone Os
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple ipad Os Apple iphone Os

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-02-21T06:41:30.140Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:24:56.933Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.475Z

Link: CVE-2023-42951

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:24:56.933Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-21T07:15:51.363

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:06.103

Link: CVE-2023-42951

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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