CVE-2023-28206

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2023-04-10

Actively exploited. CVE-2023-28206 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-04-10) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-28206 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS IOSurfaceAccelerator contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows an app to execute code with kernel privileges.

CSIRTS triage

What: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS IOSurfaceAccelerator contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows an app to execute code with kernel privileges.
Who is affected: Deployments of Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

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Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2023-28206: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS IOSurfaceAccelerator Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-04-10

External references

NVD record for CVE-2023-28206

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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