CVE-2023-42871

2024-01-1022:15:50

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cve-2023-42871

memory handling

macos sonoma 14

ios 17

ipados 17

arbitrary code execution

kernel privileges

nvd

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.3%

JSON

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. 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.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

appleiphone_osRange<17

appleipad_osRange<17

VendorProductVersionCPE
appleiphone_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appleipad_os*cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
apple	iphone_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
apple	ipad_os	*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "iOS and iPadOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "17",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Apple",
    "product": "macOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "14",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]