CVE-2023-42873: 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 macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad OS: before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1); from 16.0, before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 17.1 (fixed in 17.1); from 16.0, before 16.7.2 (fixed in 16.7.2)
• Apple macOS: from 12.0, before 12.7.1 (fixed in 12.7.1); 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)

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