CVE-2023-23498

Wrong email quotation via incorrect draft state

Published Feb 27, 2023 · Updated Mar 11, 2025

Logic error in Apple Mail Drafts before iOS 15.7.3, iPadOS 15.7.3, and macOS 13.2 allows local users to quote the wrong email. Mail Drafts keeps incorrect message state during Exchange forwarding and selects another email as the quoted original. Reachability requires user interaction with forwarding from an Exchange account, and the bounded consequence is unintended quoted content in the draft.

CVSS severity3.3
Low
EPSS probability0.23%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Logic error in Apple Mail Drafts before iOS 15.7.3, iPadOS 15.7.3, and macOS 13.2 allows local users to quote the wrong email. Mail Drafts keeps incorrect message state during Exchange forwarding and selects another email as the quoted original. Reachability requires user interaction with forwarding from an Exchange account, and the bounded consequence is unintended quoted content in the draft.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-23498
Published
Feb 27, 2023
Updated
Mar 11, 2025
Vendor
Apple
Product
iOS and iPadOS
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <15.7
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <16.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Apple · iOS and iPadOSversion=unspecified <15.7; version=unspecified <16.3
Apple · macOSversion=unspecified <13.2

Published CVSS scores

3.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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