CVE-2023-40446

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Dec 12, 2023
Updated: Nov 4, 2025
Reserved: Aug 14, 2023

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing maliciously crafted input may lead to arbitrary code execution in user-installed apps.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 16.7Affected
iOS and iPadOSApple	before 17.1Affected
macOSApple	before 12.7Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981

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