CVE-2023-41974: Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2026-03-05. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.8.7 (fixed in 15.8.7); from 16.0, before 17.0 (fixed in 17.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.8.7 (fixed in 15.8.7); from 16.0, before 17.0 (fixed in 17.0)

Published 2024-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.