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CVE-2023-42846
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1,…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 16.7
- affected unspecified – < 17.1
- affected unspecified – < 10.1
- affected unspecified – < 17.1
References (12)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213987 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/22 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25 (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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