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CVE-2023-42846 — This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

CVSS
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EPSS
22.00% (top 56.10%)
CWE
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Published
2023-10-25T18:31:41.428Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T17:09:49.774Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified
AppletvOSunspecified
ApplewatchOSunspecified
AppleiOS and iPadOSunspecified

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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