VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-42824

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.97%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2023-10-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Apple / iOS and iPadOS

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6.

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