CVE-2023-41981

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

27/09/2023

Last modified:

04/11/2025

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

4.40

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::		16.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::		16.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	13.0 (including)	13.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::		17.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::		10.0 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-41981

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools