Is CVE-2023-38610 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-38610 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-38610?

CVE-2023-38610 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-38610?

CVE-2023-38610 has an EPSS score of 0.21% (11th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38610?

Upgrade ipados to 17.0 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-38610

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 17.0Fixed in:17.0CVE-2023-38610derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 17.0Fixed in:17.0CVE-2023-38610derived from NVD

macosNVD

Affected:< 14.0Fixed in:14.0CVE-2023-38610derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

11thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 11% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-04.