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CVE-2023-40414 — A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS
EPSS
15.00% (top 64.00%)
CWE
Published
2024-01-10T22:03:51.215Z
Last modified
2025-06-20T15:40:22.795Z
CVSS vector

01What is this vulnerability?

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified
AppletvOSunspecified
AppleSafariunspecified
ApplemacOSunspecified
ApplewatchOSunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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