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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-42957

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

LOW 3.3EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, watchOS 10. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

CVSS 3.1
3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.16% probability · 5th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/watchos
Source
product-security@apple.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.16%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.