CVE-2023-40438
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 10, 2024
Updated: Jan 16, 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-40438 refers to a vulnerability in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7, and iPadOS 16.7, which affected the handling of temporary files. This issue enabled certain applications to gain unauthorized access to edited photos saved in a temporary directory. The vulnerability has been rectified in the aforementioned software updates.
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Affected Products
- Apple (iPhone OS)
- MacOS
- iPadOS
Affected Vendors
- Apple
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