Description
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – < 17 | 17 |
| Apple | tvOS | unspecified – < 17 | 17 |
| Apple | macOS | unspecified – < 14 | 14 |
| Apple | watchOS | unspecified – < 10 | 10 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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biscuitehh/cve-2023-40429-ez-device-name ★ 5 · Oct 9, 2023
CVE-2023-40429: An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2023-2454 Apple iOS und iPadOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 5, 2026
- WID-SEC-2023-2453 Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Apr 13, 2025
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3