7.8

CVE-2023-42942: apple ios and ipados Link Following

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 21-02-2024Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-42942 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Link Following vulnerability in apple ios and ipados. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apple7 products

1 vendor · 7 products

References

9 links