Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 16.7.2/17.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.7.2/17.1. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-42962. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 16.7.2/17.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-42962 since 09/14/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/19/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 16.7.3 or 17.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS/iPadOS 16.7.3/17.2

Timelineinfo

09/14/2023 🔍
03/28/2024 +196 days 🔍
03/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2025 +379 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-42962 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-42962
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258554
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2024 17:05
Updated: 04/11/2025 05:55
Changes: 03/28/2024 17:05 (55), 05/07/2024 12:59 (11), 03/19/2025 21:21 (2), 04/11/2025 05:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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