Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-42824
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-04 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-26 20:01:00 UTC
DescriptionThe issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.009650000 probability, percentile 0.765940000 (date 2026-04-21)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-10-05; due 2023-10-26; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApple
ProductiOS and iPadOS
NameApple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213961; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42824

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Ipados All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-10-10-2023-1 iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 MISC seclists.org
support.apple.com/kb/HT213961 MISC support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-10-04-1 iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 MISC seclists.org
support.apple.com/kb/HT213972 MISC support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 - Apple Support MISC support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 610511 Apple iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 Security Update Missing
  • 610524 Apple iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 Security Update Missing (HT213972)
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