CVE-2023-27965 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Studio Display Firmware Update 16.4. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Published: 2023-05-08

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.3

Apple

Studio Display Firmware Update

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:apple:studio_display_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:apple:studio_display:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31691	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, Studio Display Firmware Update 16.4. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213672

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos Studio Display Studio Display Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-29T19:23:03.535Z

Reserved: 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-27965

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:23:30.563Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T20:15:18.833

Modified: 2025-01-29T20:15:30.943

Link: CVE-2023-27965

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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