High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-42977

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSv52 versions
unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.0
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: prior to 17
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy2 versions
prior to 17+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: prior to 17
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.0
Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: prior to 14
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <17.0
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/120949nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/120950nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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