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CVE-2023-40414

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.0 — fixed in 17.0
• Apple Iphone Os: before 17.0 — fixed in 17.0
• Apple macOS: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• Apple Safari: before 17.0 — fixed in 17.0
• Apple tvOS: before 17.0 — fixed in 17.0
• Apple watchOS: before 10.0 — fixed in 10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 17.0; Apple Iphone Os 17.0; Apple macOS 14.0; Apple Safari 17.0; Apple tvOS 17.0; Apple watchOS 10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/05/8
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/05/8
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941

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