High severity7.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-41990
CVE-2023-41990
Description
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.7.8
- (no CPE)range: <15.7.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.7.9
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.3
- (no CPE)range: <16.3
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <9.3
- (no CPE)range: <9.3
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <11.7.9
- Range: <13.2
- Range: <12.6.8
- Range: <15.7.1
- Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
8- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845nvdVendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource
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