high7.8Known exploited
CVE-2023-42824
Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2023-10-05. Federal due date: 2023-10-26.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Ipados | before 16.7.1 from 17.0 before 17.0.3 |
| Apple | Iphone Os | before 16.7.1 from 17.0 before 17.0.3 |