medium5.5Known exploited
CVE-2023-38606
Apple Multiple Products Kernel Unspecified Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2023-07-26. Federal due date: 2023-08-16.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.8, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, tvOS 16.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6. An app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 15.7.8 from 16.0 before 16.6 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 15.7.8 from 16.0 before 16.6 |
| Apple | Macos | from 11.0 before 11.7.9 from 12.0.0 before 12.6.8 from 13.0 before 13.5 |
| Apple | Tvos | before 16.6 |
| Apple | Watchos | before 9.6 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- 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/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://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38606