Medium severity · published Feb 21, 2024
CVE-2023-42951
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A user may be unable to delete browsing history items.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 17.1 · source: NVD
IO
Ipad OS · Apple
before 17.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42951
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42951
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982
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