VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-40438
An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.20%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-379
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213927
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.