CVE-2023-40385 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, Safari 17, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. A remote attacker may be able to view leaked DNS queries with Private Relay turned on.

Published: 2024-01-10

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 17

Apple

Safari

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 17

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00208.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213941

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos Safari

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:31.999Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T17:01:24.031Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T20:26:36.252Z

Link: CVE-2023-40385

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.687Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:48.503

Modified: 2025-06-17T17:15:30.867

Link: CVE-2023-40385

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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