FKIE_CVE-2023-40400

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-27 15:19 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:17
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. A remote user may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple ipados *
apple iphone_os *
apple macos *
apple tvos *
apple watchos *
To clipboard 

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