CVE-2023-42841: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2); from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2); from 17.0, before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple macOS: from 13.0, before 13.6.1 (fixed in 13.6.1); from 14.0, before 14.1 (fixed in 14.1)

Published 2023-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.