CVE-2023-42962: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks This issue is fixed in iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

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)

Published 2024-03-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.