Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27969

High

Published: 08 May 2023

Published
08 May 2023
Modified
29 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0041 61.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27969 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4. An app may be able to execute…

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arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 15.7.4 · 16.0 — 16.4
apple
iphone os
≤ 15.7.4 · 16.0 — 16.4
apple
macos
13.0 — 13.3
apple
tvos
≤ 16.4
apple
watchos
≤ 9.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References