CVE-2023-42870 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. 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 0.00099.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:14.901Z

Updated: 2024-08-30T19:24:44.071Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.453Z

Link: CVE-2023-42870

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.058Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:50.240

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:23:23.957

Link: CVE-2023-42870

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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