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CVE-2023-35993
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS…
High7.8EPSS 0.30%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
- CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 16.6
- affected unspecified – < 16.6
- affected unspecified – < 13.5
- affected unspecified – < 15.7
- affected unspecified – < 11.7
- affected unspecified – < 12.6
- affected unspecified – < 9.6
References (7)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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