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CVE-2023-41990

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 16.3, 15.7, 11.7, 13.2, 12.6, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Apple operating systems, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, are affected. A specially crafted font file processed by these systems could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on the device.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 16.3

  • Apple tvOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 16.3

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 15.7

  • Apple macOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 11.7

  • Apple macOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 13.2

  • Apple macOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 12.6

  • Apple watchOS

    From unspecified · fixed in 9.3

References 7

support.apple.com