CVE-2023-40441(apple / ipados)

LOWCVSS 6.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-400

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • ipados
  • iphone_os
  • macos

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
ipadosiphone_osmacos

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-25: 109-25
Referenced assets2 URLs
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Full discourse1 post
  • !Manan@0xManan

    Apple stamped the WebGL cousin with CVE-2023-40441 (CVSS 6.5). Same class on WebGPU? "not a security issue." Deathray: infinite WebGPU compute loop on a shared storage buffer stalls the vertex shader → WindowServer stops answering → Watchdog kernel panic → forced reboot. Chain: one click → Chrome / Firefox / Safari on M-series → ASC never pre-empts the runaway shader → desktop dead until power cycle. SSH still works. Browser may reopen the tab and loop you. Their words: "crash, hang, or recoverable data loss" isn't security. ShadyShader was. Pick a lane. Write-up + live demo: https://auberon.xyz/blog/posts/deathray/ Source (single index.html): https://github.com/alope107/deathray tip: if your threat model includes "rickroll that bricks the UI until restart," this is in scope whether Cupertino stamps a CVE or not.

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CPE platform detail3 entries

3 of 3 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSappleipados---
OSappleiphone_os---
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