Apple macOS

CVE-2023-27969

HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.25 % · percentile 16 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-05-08 00:00 UTC
Updated: 2025-01-29 15:20 UTC
Assigner: apple
NVD status: Modified

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Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-31695
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-27969

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0265 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 15.7.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0 < 16.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 15.7.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0 < 16.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.0 < 13.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 16.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 9.4

Affected products

Product	Versions
Apple · macOS	affected unspecified < 13.3
Apple · iOS and iPadOS	affected unspecified < 16.4
Apple · watchOS	affected unspecified < 9.4
Apple · tvOS	affected unspecified < 16.4
Apple · iOS and iPadOS	affected unspecified < 15.7

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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