Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-41981

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 17
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 16.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 13.6
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 17
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 14
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 10

In plain English

Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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