Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40398

Apple Macos ≤ 11.7.5

Published
29 July 2024
Modified
13 March 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 59 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40398 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

CWE(s)

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Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 16.4
apple
iphone os
≤ 16.4
apple
macos
≤ 11.7.5 · 12.0 — 12.6.4 · 13.0 — 13.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References