⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2023-09-25. Federal agencies required to patch by 2023-10-16. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..
CVE-2023-41993 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Apple Macos
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
24.4%
top 3.88%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2023-09-25
Due 2023-10-16
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
KEV addedSep 25
KEV dueOct 16
Latest updateApr 15
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.7.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0, 12.0, Fedora 37, 38, 39