CVE-2023-41990
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% (percentile: 72) as of 2 November 2026
Affected products
apple: ipados; apple: iphone os; apple: macos; apple: tvos; apple: watchos
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605 Vendor Advisory