Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28201

Critical

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 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0186 83.5th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28201 is a critical-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 16.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, tvOS 16.4. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app…

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termination or arbitrary code execution.

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-362

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
safari
≤ 16.4
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

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.

AU-8 Time Stamps
addresses: CWE-362

Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.

PL-6 Security-related Activity Planning
addresses: CWE-362

Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.

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