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CVE-2023-41990

7.8, high Known exploited

Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVSS
7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
1% higher than 71.7% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
12 Sept 20233 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 8 Jan 2024. US federal agencies had to remediate by 29 Jan 2024, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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.

Details

Vendor
Apple
Product
iOS and iPadOS
Weakness
n/a
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
product-security@apple.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 8

Advisories 7

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Every Apple CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

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  • CVE-2026-20700 Apple Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 1% 7.8, high
  • CVE-2025-43529 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free WebKit Vulnerability KEV EPSS 9% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2025-43510 Apple Multiple Products Improper Locking Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.4% 7.8, high
  • CVE-2025-43520 Apple Multiple Products Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.4% 5.5, medium
  • CVE-2023-43000 Apple Multiple products Use-After-Free Vulnerability KEV EPSS 4% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 32% 10, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.