# CVE-2023-41990: Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability

> CVE-2023-41990: Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41990
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:05:38Z

- Published: 2023-09-11 23:29 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05 UTC · Assigner: apple
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 1.4%, 72th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2024-01-08, federal due date 2024-01-29, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.3, iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.8, macOS Big Sur 11.7.9, iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.2, watchOS 9.3. Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- Apple: iOS and iPadOS
- Apple: macOS
- Apple: tvOS
- Apple: watchOS

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41990)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41990)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213599)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213601)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213605)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213606)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213842)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213844)
- [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213845)

---

_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


---
Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41990 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41990.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-41990 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:05:25.410Z