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CVE-2023-40417 — A window management issue was addressed with improved state management

A window management issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing.

CVSS
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EPSS
42.00% (top 38.20%)
CWE
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Published
2023-09-26T20:12:00.979Z
Last modified
2025-11-04T19:18:49.957Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A window management issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma 14. Visiting a website that frames malicious content may lead to UI spoofing.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified
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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