CVE-2023-41990(apple / ipados)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGHCISA KEV

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

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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal remediation due date: 2024-01-29. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

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
  • tvos

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
ipadosiphone_osmacostvoswatchos

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-26: 110-26
Full discourse1 post
  • פחטימו@pechtimu

    א 2023, Operation Triangulation: קובץ מצורף ב-iMessage שהאפליקציה מפרסרת בלי שום אינפוט מהיוזר שתוקף הוראת TrueType לא מתועדת ש"had existed since the early nineties" (CVE-2023-41990). קספרסקי אמרו אחר כך שקובץ האקספלויט היה PDF.

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CPE platform detail5 entries

5 of 5 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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