Zero-day vulnerability in Apple iOS

Buffer overflow
CVE-2023-42824

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB20231004107 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 17 and iPadOS 17

Vulnerable component: Apple iOS

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42824

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Description:

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the OS kernel. A local application can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213961