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CVE-2023-38604
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, tvOS 16.6, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 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 (14)
- 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
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213846 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213842 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-38604)Record last updated .