CVE-2023-42831: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to fingerprint the user.

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: from 11.0, before 11.7.9 (fixed in 11.7.9); from 12.0.0, before 12.6.8 (fixed in 12.6.8); from 13.0, before 13.5 (fixed in 13.5)

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