CVE-2023-42974

highpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.15% (4th) EPSS

CVSS 7 · high

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

cvss

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

7.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimary

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS < 15.8.1all versionscert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS < 15.8.1all versionscert_bundDE
Apple IOS< 15.8.1cert_bundDE
Apple iPadOS< 15.8.1cert_bundDE
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 16.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 17.2enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.7enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 13.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 14.2enisa_euvdEU
apple ipad os< 16.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados17.0 → 17.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 16.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os17.0 → 17.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos12.0 → 12.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos13.0 → 13.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos14.0 → 14.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3095Apple iOS und iPadOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple iOS und Apple iPadOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-03-28modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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