CVE-2023-40441

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 17 iPadOS versions prior to 17 macOS versions prior to Sonoma 14

Description A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. Processing web content may lead to a denial-of-service. The issue is related to how GPUs handle shaders and can cause devices to freeze or crash, forcing reboots.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 17, update to iOS 17 to resolve the issue. For iPadOS versions prior to 17, update to iPadOS 17 to resolve the issue. For macOS versions prior to Sonoma 14, update to macOS Sonoma 14 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of web content to minimize the risk of exploitation.