Is CVE-2023-42947 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-42947 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-42947?

CVE-2023-42947 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-42947?

CVE-2023-42947 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (17th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42947?

Upgrade ipados to 17.2 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-42947

HIGH

8.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 17.2Fixed in:17.2CVE-2023-42947derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 17.2Fixed in:17.2CVE-2023-42947derived from NVD

macosNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.2Fixed in:14.2CVE-2023-42947derived from NVD

tvosNVD

Affected:< 17.2Fixed in:17.2CVE-2023-42947derived from NVD

watchosNVD

Affected:< 10.2Fixed in:10.2CVE-2023-42947derived 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

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory6

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	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.