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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2023-41974",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Apple iOS and iPadOS — use-after-free to kernel code execution",
  "summary": "A use-after-free in iOS and iPadOS, fixed in 17 and in 15.8.7, lets an app already on the device run code with kernel privileges — the step that turns a confined app into full control of the phone.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 7.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.01398,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2026-03-05",
    "prerequisites": "An app already running on the device."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true,
    "fixed_in": [
      "iOS 17",
      "iPadOS 17",
      "iOS 15.8.7",
      "iPadOS 15.8.7"
    ]
  },
  "kill_chain": "privilege_escalation",
  "recommended_action": "Update to iOS and iPadOS 17 or 15.8.7 now; a commercial exploit kit carries this one, so treat devices lagging on updates as reachable.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "provenance": [
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41974",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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    },
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      "fields": [
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      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-41974",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41974",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41974",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120949"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/126632"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2024-01-10T22:15:49.240Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
  "tags": [
    "apple",
    "ios",
    "ipados",
    "kernel",
    "use-after-free",
    "exploit-kit",
    "kev"
  ]
}