CVE-2023-41974
Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 26 March 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.96% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 5 March 2026 · due 26 March 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 2.0% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 ; https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41974
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/126632Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/coruna-powerful-ios-exploit-kitExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41974US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.