CVE-2023-38614 Privilege escalation in iOS and iPadOS
An app can access sensitive user data due to insufficient permission restrictions, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-38614?
CVE-2023-38614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 11 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38614?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38614?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38614 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-38614 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38614 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5x97-hgxc-62pv.