Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-32401

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity buffer overflow in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.4. Parsing an office document may lead to an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13.4
Apple macOS unspecified – before 12.6
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.7

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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