CVE-2023-40404
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-25 18:32
Modified
2024-09-10 19:50
Severity ?
Summary
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
ApplemacOS
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