Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2023 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-40422

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 14

References