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CVE-2023-42977

Published: Apr 11, 2025Updated: Apr 29, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

iOS and iPadOSApple
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
macOSApple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
iPadOSApple Inc.
OS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
MacOSApple Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
iOSApple Inc.
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
applecommercialUSMobile Appsaka apple inc., apple computer
apple inc.commercialUSMobile Appsaka apple
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Exploitability

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120950
support.apple.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42977
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Apr 11, 2025
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2025

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