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CVE-2023-28206
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L N R C H H H 8.6 .2321 97.7 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
iOS and iPadOS unspecified – —
macOS unspecified – —
macOS unspecified – —
macOS unspecified – —
iOS and iPadOS unspecified – —
TIMELINE
Mar 13 Reserved by apple
Apr 10 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-05-01
Apr 10 Published (CNA: apple)
Description
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1, iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, macOS Big Sur 11.7.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| March 13, 2023 | Reserved | Reserved by apple |
| April 10, 2023 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-05-01 |
| April 10, 2023 | Published | Published (CNA: apple) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 5 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | macOS | — | unspecified | — |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | — | unspecified | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-28206 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, October 7, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.