How severe is CVE-2023-41974?

CVE-2023-41974 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-41974: Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2026-03-05

Remediation due

2026-03-26

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 ; https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41974

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <17
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <15.8.7

References

4 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2024-01-10

Last updated

2026-03-12

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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