CVE-2023-28204

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-05-22. Federal remediation due 2023-06-12.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

14.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-06-23 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-03-13

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9ced286990028e497f3192d589ca5dec9fe14251c8c37994c14857c3098055b7

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213762
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213764
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213765
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213761
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-04
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-28204government-resource