CVE-2023-42939 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A user's private browsing activity may be unexpectedly saved in the App Privacy Report.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Ipad Os Subscribe Iphone Os Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213982
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982

History

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:30:00 +0900

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213982

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:45:00 +0900

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00046}`	epss `{'score': 0.00063}`

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:15:00 +0900

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-841
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0900

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple ipad Os Apple iphone Os
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple ipad Os Apple iphone Os
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-02-21T06:40:49.771Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:24:43.784Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.471Z

Link: CVE-2023-42939

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:37:23.360Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-21T07:15:50.767

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:17:05.310

Link: CVE-2023-42939

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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