CVE-2023-41990
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 27% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 8 Jan 2024
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 8 Jan 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 29 Jan 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 8 Jan 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 16.3
- affected unspecified – < 16.3
- affected unspecified – < 15.7
- affected unspecified – < 11.7
- affected unspecified – < 13.2
- affected unspecified – < 12.6
- affected unspecified – < 9.3
References
References8
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41990 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-46449 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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