🛡️ CVE-2023-40431
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-09-27
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-11-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipados 17.0
iphone-os 17.0

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938

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