CVE-2023-40434 (GCVE-0-2023-40434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-26 20:14
Modified
2025-11-04 19:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library
Summary
A configuration issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access a user's Photos Library.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ► | Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Version: unspecified < 17 |
|
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Nomenclature
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