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CVE-2023-42846This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1,…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 16 months later
· 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 16.7
- affected unspecified – < 17.1
- affected unspecified – < 10.1
- affected unspecified – < 17.1
References
References12
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213981 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213987 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213988 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213987 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213988 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213981 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/23 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/22 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/19 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/25 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
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)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-47267 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-42846)Record last updated .