CVE-2023-40420 (GCVE-0-2023-40420)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-26 20:12
Modified
2025-11-04 19:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ► | Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Version: unspecified < 17 |
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