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)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Apple Ios And Ipados — versions unspecified
Apple Ipados
Apple Iphone_os

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

product-security@apple.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (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.