CVE-2023-40420

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Sep 27, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023

Summary

CVE-2023-40420 is a vulnerability affecting multiple Apple operating systems, including macOS Ventura, tvOS, iOS, iPadOS, macOS Monterey, watchOS, and macOS Sonoma. The issue involves insufficient memory handling during the processing of web content, which can lead to a denial-of-service. Apple has released updates to address this vulnerability in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17, and iPadOS 17, as well as macOS Sonoma 14. Users are strongly advised to install these updates to protect against potential denial-of-service attacks.

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