CVE-2023-41990

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/09/2023

Last modified:

23/10/2025

Description

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::		15.7.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	16.0 (including)	16.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::		15.7.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	16.0 (including)	16.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::		11.7.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	12.0.0 (including)	12.6.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	13.0 (including)	13.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::		16.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::		9.3 (excluding)

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

CVE-2023-41990

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools