Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2023· Updated Oct 21, 2025

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.

Affected products

Apple Inc./tvOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./watchOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple/iOS and iPadOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845mitre

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