Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2024 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2023-42826

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation 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 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. Processing a file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 14

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940