CVE-2023-42884: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, tvOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3. An app may be able to disclose kernel memory.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.7.3 (fixed in 16.7.3); from 17.0, before 17.2 (fixed in 17.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.7.3 (fixed in 16.7.3); from 17.0, before 17.2 (fixed in 17.2)
• Apple macOS: from 13.0, before 13.6.3 (fixed in 13.6.3); from 14.0, before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple tvOS: before 17.2 (fixed in 17.2)

Published 2023-12-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.