CVE-2023-42824

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.97% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

added 2023-10-05remediate by 2023-10-26

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

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6.

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⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

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

v3.16.8mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

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

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

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

619555798/cve-2023-42824cow bypass PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS < 16.7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:apple:iphone_os:16.7.1
Apple iPadOS < 16.7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:apple:ipados:16.7.1
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 17.0.3fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 17.0.3fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 16.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados17.0 → 17.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 16.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os17.0 → 17.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2572Apple iPadOS und iOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iPadOS und Apple iOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.

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 2023-10-04modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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