How severe is CVE-2023-41990?

CVE-2023-41990 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-41990: Apple Multiple Products Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-01-08

Remediation due

2024-01-29

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41990

Description

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

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 <16.3
Apple	tvOS	unspecified to <16.3
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <15.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <11.7
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <13.2
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <12.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified to <9.3

References

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Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-09-11

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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