Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2023-41064

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS ImageIO Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Past federal due date 19 public exploits Added 11 Sept 2023 Due 02 Oct 2023 · 1040 days ago
VendorApple
ProductiOS, iPadOS, and macOS
WeaknessCWE-120
RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in ImageIO when processing a maliciously crafted image, which may lead to code execution. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2023-41061.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

19 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

Showing 8 of 19. Full list in the trickest/cve dataset.

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Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.