CVE-2023-40437

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Published Jan 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.6

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.5

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45008	A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.206% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213841
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843

History

Jun 3, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 3, 2025, 2:27 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apple
Published: Jan 10, 2024, 10:03 PM
Updated: Jun 3, 2025, 2:27 PM
Reserved: Aug 14, 2023, 8:26 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:31 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:31 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 10, 2024, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:17 AM

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Red Hat No data

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OpenCVE enrichment No data

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