{"id":"CVE-2023-40446","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-40446","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:58:17.954Z","title":"Processing maliciously crafted input may lead to arbitrary code execution in user-installed apps.","description":"The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Processing maliciously crafted input may lead to arbitrary code execution in user-installed apps.","published":"2023-12-12T01:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:17:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/ipados","apple/iphone os","apple/macos"],"epss":{"score":0.00264,"percentile":0.18159,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40446","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}