Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-27955

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity buffer overflow in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, tvOS 16.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13.3
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 16.4
Apple macOS unspecified – before 12.6
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 16.4
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.7

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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