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CVE-2023-41064 — Apple Ipados

CISA KEV
CVSS v3.1 7.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 85.3% (higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2023-09-07

As of 2025-11-06, CVE-2023-41064 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 85.3% (99.3th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-09-11), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2023-10-02. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 3 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2023-41064, most recently “Pegasus Mercenary Spyware Used for State Surveillance of Azerbaijani Journalists, Activists, and Human Rights Defenders (NSO Group)”.

Last updated: 2025-11-06

What is CVE-2023-41064?

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1, macOS Monterey 12.6.9, macOS Ventura 13.5.2, iOS 15.7.9 and iPadOS 15.7.9, macOS Big Sur 11.7.10. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

The record classifies CVE-2023-41064 under weakness class CWE-120. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1102 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
7.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
85.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2023-09-11, federal remediation deadline 2023-10-02
Threadlinqs priority
9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published
2023-09-07, last modified 2025-11-06

Is CVE-2023-41064 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-41064 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-09-11, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2023-10-02 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2023-41064

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-41064. Patch reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213905. Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213905. Because CVE-2023-41064 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2023-10-02. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-41064

3 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2023-41064, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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