CVE-2023-37285: Apple iPadOS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.7.8 (fixed in 15.7.8)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.7.8 (fixed in 15.7.8)
• Apple macOS: before 11.7.9 (fixed in 11.7.9); from 12.0, before 12.6.8 (fixed in 12.6.8); from 13.0, before 13.5 (fixed in 13.5)

Published 2023-07-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.