CVE-2023-28206

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.232 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

23.2% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 8.6 · high

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2023-04-10remediate by 2023-05-01

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS IOSurfaceAccelerator Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1, iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, macOS Big Sur 11.7.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 6

v3.18.6highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 6

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-787US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

acceleratortroll/acceleratortrollAbusing CVE-2023-28206 to make something usefulPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 15.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.4enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 11.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. MacOS≤ 11.7.6fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. MacOS12.0 → 12.6.5fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. MacOS13.0 → 13.3.1fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 15.7.5fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS16.0 → 16.4.1fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 15.7.5fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS16.0 → 16.4.1fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 15.7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados16.0 → 16.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os16.0 → 16.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 11.7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos12.0 → 12.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos13.0 → 13.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-04-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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