CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40409
7.8 HIGH
Official page ↗
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 17.0)
• apple iphone os (< 17.0)
• apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.7)
• apple macos (>= 13.0 < 13.6)
• apple tvos (< 17.0)
• apple watchos (< 10.0)
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 seclists.org
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 seclists.org
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 support.apple.com