CVE-2023-41984

Apple Security Advisory 09-26-2023-8

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

El problema se solucionó mejorando el manejo de la memoria. Este problema se solucionó en macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, iOS 16.7 y iPadOS 16.7, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 y iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. Es posible que una aplicación pueda ejecutar código arbitrario con privilegios del kernel.

macOS Sonoma 14 addresses buffer overflow, bypass, code execution, out of bounds read, resource exhaustion, spoofing, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-06 CVE Reserved
2023-09-26 CVE Published
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10	Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/4
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5	Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213927	2023-11-07
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931	2023-11-07
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932	2023-11-07
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936	2023-11-07
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937	2023-11-07
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938	2023-11-07
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				< 16.7 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " < 16.7"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 16.7 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 16.7"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				>= 12.0.0 < 12.7 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " >= 12.0.0 < 12.7"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"				>= 13.0 < 13.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos" and version " >= 13.0 < 13.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				< 17.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos" and version " < 17.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				< 10.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version " < 10.0"		-		Affected