Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2023 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2023-42846
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure 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 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 16.7 |
| Apple | tvOS | unspecified – before 17.1 |
| Apple | watchOS | unspecified – before 10.1 |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 17.1 |
Weakness: CWE-200
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987
- 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/HT213987
- 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/22
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25