CVE-2023-42892 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Published: 2024-03-28

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	< 13.6

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.7

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-416

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-03-28T15:39:10.039Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:23:20.252Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.460Z

Link: CVE-2023-42892

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:25.024Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-03-28T16:15:07.843

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:53.803

Link: CVE-2023-42892

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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