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7.8 High Exploited

CVE-2023-41990 Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaigns Not observed so far

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
iOS and iPadOS 15.7 earliest → < 15.7 15.7
tvOS 16.3 earliest → < 16.3 16.3
macOS 12.6 earliest → < 12.6 12.6
watchOS 9.3 earliest → < 9.3 9.3

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