CVE-2023-42848: Apple Ipad OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad OS: 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); version 14.0 only
• Apple tvOS: before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 10.1 (fixed in 10.1)

Published 2024-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.