{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 5 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40420 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40420 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 26 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40420 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40420 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 26 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40420 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Apple Ipados. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40420/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40420","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40420/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40420","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r938-62rj-g37c"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Apple operating systems","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service, requiring users to update their Apple operating systems.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apple","cpe":[{"product":"ipados","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"iphone_os","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"macos","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"tvos","vendor":"apple"},{"product":"watchos","vendor":"apple"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Denial of service in iOS and iPadOS","id":"CVE-2023-40420","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"apple:ipados","products":["apple:ipados","apple:iphone_os","apple:macos","apple:tvos","apple:watchos"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":14,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in macOS","id":"CVE-2023-40421"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in iOS and iPadOS","id":"CVE-2023-40419"},"products":["iOS and iPadOS","macOS","tvOS","watchOS"],"published":"2023-09-26","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2025-43300","kev_date_added":"2025-08-21","published":"2025-08-21"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2025-24201","kev_date_added":"2025-03-13","published":"2025-03-11"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2025-24085","kev_date_added":"2025-01-29","published":"2025-01-27"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2025-31200","kev_date_added":"2025-04-17","published":"2025-04-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write","id":"CVE-2025-31201","kev_date_added":"2025-04-17","published":"2025-04-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apple Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2022-22587","kev_date_added":"2022-01-28","published":"2022-03-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2021-1870","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-04-02"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-11-04","vendors":["Apple"]},"summary":"Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service, requiring users to update their Apple operating systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40420/"}