Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2023 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2023-42854
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 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service to Endpoint Security clients.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26