01 Record
CVE-2023-41995
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-09-26 20:14Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 19:21Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f447e3f3210865eaccbb28ea494a8b85adb85423b38b4378bb8883b86b85002c
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938