CVE-2023-40428

low-risk

Published 2023-09-27

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Do I need to act?

0.12% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Ipados

Iphone Os

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (5)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low