CVE-2023-27959: High severity Apple Ipad Os vulnerability

Published Mar 27, 2023
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Updated

Accessibility. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

Other sources

App Store. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Credit

Mohamed GHANNAM@@_simo36, Mohamed GHANNAM, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Rıza Sabuncu@@rizasabuncu, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Itay Iellin(General Motors Product Cyber Security), Etienne Charron(Renault), Khadim Dieng(Renault), JeongOhKyea, Jianjun Dai(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Guang Gong(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Adam M., Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), an anonymous researcher, Jubaer Alnazi(TRS Group of Companies), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), ryuzaki, Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM(Mbition Mercedes), jzhu(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs SG Pte), Zechao Cai@@Zech4o(Zhejiang University), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), sqrtpwn, Félix Poulin-Bélanger, David Pan Ogea, an anonymous researcher(Red Canary), Brandon Dalton@@partyD0lphin(Red Canary), Milan Tenk(F), (F), Arthur Valiev(F), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal), Zhuowei Zhang, developStorm, Anton Spivak, Jubaer Alnazi Jabin(TRS Group Of Companies), (Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Xin Huang@@11iaxH, Gertjan Franken(imec), KU Leuven, hazbinhotel(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Hyeon Park@@tree_segment(Team ApplePIE), Georgy Kucherin@@kucher1n(Kaspersky), Leonid Bezvershenko@@bzvr_(Kaspersky), Boris Larin@@oct0xor(Kaspersky), (Kaspersky), Valentin Pashkov(Kaspersky), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), crixer@@pwning_me(SSD Labs)

Affected Software

5 affected componentsFixes available
Apple Ipad Os<16.4
iPhone OS<16.4
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.4
16.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.4
16.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.4

Event History

Mar 27, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
May 8, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
08:15 PM
Description

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2023-27959?

The severity of CVE-2023-27959 is high with a score of 7.8.

2

How does CVE-2023-27959 impact Apple devices?

CVE-2023-27959 allows an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on affected Apple devices running iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4.

3

How was CVE-2023-27959 fixed?

CVE-2023-27959 was fixed through improved memory handling in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4.

4

Which Apple devices are affected by CVE-2023-27959?

Apple devices running iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 are affected by CVE-2023-27959.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-27959?

More information about CVE-2023-27959 can be found on the Apple support website at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676.

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