CVE-2023-27970
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-08 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 12:23
Severity ?
Summary
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
AppleiOS and iPadOS
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