CVE-2023-40441

MEDIUM

iPadOS < 17.0 - Denial of Service via Web Content Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 47.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (3)
apple/ipados < 17.0
apple/iphone_os < 17.0
apple/macos < 14.0
Published Sep 27, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026