CVE-2023-23536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213673
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213674
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213675
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213676
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213677
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213678

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-29T15:54:35.553Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23536

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:32.795Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T20:15:16.630

Modified: 2025-01-29T16:15:37.167

Link: CVE-2023-23536

Redhat

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