Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2023 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2023-40408
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption 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 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Hide My Email may be deactivated unexpectedly.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 16.7 |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – before 14.1 |
| Apple | watchOS | unspecified – before 10.1 |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 17.1 |
Weakness: CWE-400
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25