CVE-2023-42856

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Oct 25, 2023

Updated: Nov 2, 2023

CWE ID 119

Summary

CVE-2023-42856 is a recently discovered vulnerability affecting various versions of macOS. The flaw, now resolved, stemmed from improper memory handling. This issue could result in unexpected application termination or even arbitrary code execution upon processing a file. Users running macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, and macOS Ventura 13.6.1 should have received the necessary patches to prevent exploitation.

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MacOS

Affected Vendors

Apple

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/ssAoHw
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42856
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42856

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