CVE-2023-40520

lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.30% (22nd) EPSS

CVSS 3.3 · low

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–5.5

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS <16.7all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iOS <17all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS <16.7all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS <17all versionscert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 16.7cert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 17cert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS< 16.7cert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS< 17cert_bundDE
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 17enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 17enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 10enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 17.0fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 17.0fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. tvOS≤ 17.0fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. watchOS≤ 10.0fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos< 17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos< 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2454Apple iOS und iPadOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben, Dateien zu manipulieren oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-27modified 2026-06-17

references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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