CVE-2023-40452
Apple Macos 12.0.0 – 12.7
CVSS Score v3.1
7.1
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Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0035
27th percentile
CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-40452 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 27th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-45023
Vulnerability Data
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.
- CWE(s)
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Affected Assets
apple
ipados
≤ 17.0
apple
iphone os
≤ 17.0
apple
macos
12.0.0 — 12.7 · 13.0 — 13.6
apple
tvos
≤ 17.0
apple
watchos
≤ 10.0
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.