Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2023-41974 · Published 10/01/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 05/03/2026. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

In short

CVE-2023-41974 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability.
Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the KEV catalog on 05/03/2026.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
iOS and iPadOS Apple	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, iOS 15.8.7 and iPadOS 15.8.7. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/120949 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/126632 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 · Release Notes
support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 · Release Notes
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/coruna-powerful-ios-exploit-kit · Exploit
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2023-41974

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