CVE-2023-42869

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.52% (44th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Multiple issues in libxml2.

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 · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

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

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/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-787USprimaryCWE-787US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.5enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.4enisa_euvdEU
Apple Inc. MacOS≤ 13.4fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iOS≤ 16.5fstec_bduRU
Apple Inc. iPadOS≤ 16.5fstec_bduRU
apple ipados< 16.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 16.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 13.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1251Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-05-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

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 2024-01-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-42869/cnnvd
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757 cnnvd
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758 cnnvd
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757 enisa_euvd
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758 enisa_euvd
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213757Release NotesVendor Advisorynvd
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758Release NotesVendor Advisorynvd

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