Vulnerability · Published Dec 12, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-42898

Medium 5.5

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 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2. Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 17.2
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 17.2
Apple macOS unspecified – before 14.2
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 10.2

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