CVE-2023-42962 - OpenCVE

This issue was addressed with improved checks This issue is fixed in iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-03-28T15:39:10.717Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:25:05.087Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.484Z

Link: CVE-2023-42962

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:23.458Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-03-28T16:15:08.430

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:06.560

Link: CVE-2023-42962

Redhat

No data.

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