Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-32391

Memory Safety in Apple Ipados ≤ 15.7.6

Published
23 June 2023
Modified
05 December 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 4.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0033 26th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-32391 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Apple Ipados. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 26th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.6 and iPadOS 15.7.6, watchOS 9.5, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5, macOS Ventura 13.4. A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without…

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prompting the user.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 15.7.6 · 16.0 — 16.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 15.7.6 · 16.0 — 16.5
apple
macos
13.0 — 13.4
apple
watchos
≤ 9.5

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
detects

Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.

References