CVE-2023-41990
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey…
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Description
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 8 Jan 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 29 Jan 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 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)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 16.3
- affected unspecified – < 16.3
- affected unspecified – < 15.7
- affected unspecified – < 11.7
- affected unspecified – < 13.2
- affected unspecified – < 12.6
- affected unspecified – < 9.3
References (8)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601 (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/HT213605 (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/HT213599 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41990 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (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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