CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40438
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-379
Description
An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7. An app may be able to access edited photos saved to a temporary directory.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 16.7)
• apple iphone os (< 16.7)
• apple macos (< 14.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213927 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 support.apple.com