CVE-2023-38590

CVE-2023-38590: vulnerability in Apple watchOS

Published 28 Jul 2023 · Updated 13 Feb 2025

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 1.3%

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 9.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, tvOS 16.6, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Affected products

Apple · iOS and iPadOS Apple · macOS Apple · tvOS Apple · watchOS

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References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213846 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213848 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213841 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213842 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845