CVE-2023-42849

2023-10-2518:32:15

apple

www.cve.org

ios

ipados

macos

watchos

memory handling

kernel code execution

mitigation

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

49.1%

JSON

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations.

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "watchOS",
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