CVE-2023-40396

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Jul 29, 2024
Updated: Mar 19, 2025
Reserved: Aug 14, 2023

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, watchOS 10, tvOS 17. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 17Affected
tvOSApple	before 17Affected
macOSApple	before 14Affected
watchOSApple	before 10Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937

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