CVE-2023-42961

MEDIUM EPSS 30.5%

Published Apr 11, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

6.3 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Apr 11, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Sonoma 14, macOS Ventura 13.6, macOS Monterey 12.7. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

CVSS Details

Base Score

6.3

Exploitability

2.8

Impact

3.4

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

30.5% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
apple	ipados	*	<16.7
apple	iphone_os	*	<16.7
apple	macos	*	≥12.0 – <12.7
apple	macos	*	≥13.0 – <13.6

References 5

support.apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/120328

Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/120329

Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/120337

Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949

Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/120950

Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.