CVE-2023-38603

Apple Security Advisory 2023-07-24-2

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

macOS Ventura 13.5 addresses bypass, code execution, out of bounds read, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-20 CVE Reserved
2023-07-26 CVE Published
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841	2023-08-02
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843	2023-08-02
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213842	2023-08-02
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844	2023-08-02
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845	2023-08-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				< 15.7.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " < 15.7.8"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				>= 16.0 < 16.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " >= 16.0 < 16.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 15.7.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 15.7.8"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				>= 16.0 < 16.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " >= 16.0 < 16.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				< 11.7.9 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " < 11.7.9"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				>= 12.0 < 12.6.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " >= 12.0 < 12.6.8"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				>= 13.0 < 13.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " >= 13.0 < 13.5"		-		Affected