Is CVE-2023-42869 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-42869 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-42869?

CVE-2023-42869 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-42869?

CVE-2023-42869 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (40th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42869?

Upgrade ipados to 16.5 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-42869

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.4, iOS 16.5 and iPadOS 16.5. Multiple issues in libxml2.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 16.5Fixed in:16.5CVE-2023-42869derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 16.5Fixed in:16.5CVE-2023-42869derived from NVD

macosNVD

Affected:< 13.4Fixed in:13.4CVE-2023-42869derived 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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

40thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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 2025-06-20.