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CVE-2023-38606

This issue was addressed with improved state management.

Medium Known exploited
Severity
5.5 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
2.90%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 86.94% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
Yes
In CISA's catalog since Jul 26, 2023
Weakness
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Fix
None yet
No fixed version published
Exploited in the wild. Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability (Apple Multiple Products). Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due for U.S. federal agencies by Aug 16, 2023.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

How to fix

No fixed version has been published yet. Until one is, remove or replace the package, or turn off or isolate the affected feature. This page updates when a fix ships.

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

References

Advisories

Other links

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
  2. Published
  3. Remediation due for U.S. federal agencies
  4. Last updated by the source
  5. Latest EPSS score
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