Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-41981
CVE-2023-41981
Description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.7
- (no CPE)range: iPadOS 16.7, iPadOS 17
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=13.0,<13.6
- (no CPE)range: macOS Ventura <13.6, macOS Sonoma <14
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: iOS 16.7, iOS 17
- Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
18- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/4nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213927nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213931nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213936nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213937nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213938nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd
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