CVE-2023-41990

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

1.39% (72nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

25 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2024-01-08remediate by 2024-01-29

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

cvss

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

7.8

010

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

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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-119US

affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 15.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 11.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.2enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 16.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 9.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. MacOS≤ 11.7.9fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. MacOS≤ 12.6.8fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. MacOS≤ 13.2fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 16.3fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 15.7.8fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 15.7.8fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 16.3fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. tvOS≤ 16.3fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. watchOS≤ 9.3fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 15.7.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados16.0 → 16.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.7.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os16.0 → 16.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1880Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-07-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen und 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 nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-12modified 2026-06-17

references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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