CVE-2023-42846

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.29% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–7.5

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USCWE-200US

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 17.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 17.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 10.1enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 16.7.2fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 17.1fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 16.7.2fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 17.1fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. tvOS≤ 17.1fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. watchOS≤ 17.1fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 16.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados17.0 → 17.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 16.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os17.0 → 17.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos< 17.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos< 10.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2754Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.

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 2023-10-25modified 2026-06-17

references (38)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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