CVE-2023-40448

moderate-risk
Published 2023-09-27

The issue was addressed with improved handling of protocols. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox.

Do I need to act?

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0.93% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.6/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (23)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/4
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/4
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213927
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936
and 3 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 29/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low