Is CVE-2023-42846 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-42846 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-42846?

CVE-2023-42846 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-42846?

CVE-2023-42846 has an EPSS score of 1.24% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42846?

Upgrade ipados to 17.1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-42846

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:>= 17.0, < 17.1Fixed in:17.1CVE-2023-42846derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:>= 17.0, < 17.1Fixed in:17.1CVE-2023-42846derived from NVD

tvosNVD

Affected:< 17.1Fixed in:17.1CVE-2023-42846derived from NVD

watchosNVD

Affected:< 10.1Fixed in:10.1CVE-2023-42846derived 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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory8

Third-Party Advisory4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-200 (Information Exposure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-24919	High	8.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-34429	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	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 2024-11-21.