What is CVE-2023-42941?

CVE-2023-42941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-42941?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Apple iOS And Ipados

CVE-2023-42941

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform a denial-of-service attack using crafted Bluetooth packets.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2024-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Apple iOS And Ipados — versions unspecified
Apple Ipados
Apple Iphone OS

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT214035 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42941?: CVE-2023-42941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple iOS And Ipados, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-42941?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.