CVE-2023-42870
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-10 22:03
Modified
2024-08-30 19:24
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
AppleiOS and iPadOS
ApplemacOS
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