Privacy preference bypass via Weather memory handling
Published Feb 27, 2023 · Updated Mar 11, 2025
A memory-handling flaw in Weather allows attackers to bypass Privacy preferences across affected Apple operating systems. Apple identifies Weather and inadequate memory handling but has not disclosed the faulty operation or attacker-controlled input. Execution of an app is required; the bypass defeats user-configured privacy controls, while the public record does not identify the protected resource exposed.
Summary
What happened
A memory-handling flaw in Weather allows attackers to bypass Privacy preferences across affected Apple operating systems. Apple identifies Weather and inadequate memory handling but has not disclosed the faulty operation or attacker-controlled input. Execution of an app is required; the bypass defeats user-configured privacy controls, while the public record does not identify the protected resource exposed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-23511
- Published
- Feb 27, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1548.006
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <16.3
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