PT-2023-5654 · Apple · Macos Monterey+6

Mohamed + 1 · Published 2023-09-21 · Updated 2023-10-12 · CVE-2023-40412

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6 macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7 tvOS versions prior to 17 watchOS versions prior to 10 iOS versions prior to 17 iPadOS versions prior to 17

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the Neural Engine component of the operating systems, allowing an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This is due to improved memory handling.

Recommendations For macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6, update to macOS Ventura 13.6. For macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7, update to macOS Monterey 12.7. For tvOS versions prior to 17, update to tvOS 17. For watchOS versions prior to 10, update to watchOS 10. For iOS versions prior to 17, update to iOS 17. For iPadOS versions prior to 17, update to iPadOS 17.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06321

CVE-2023-40412

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Monterey

Macos Ventura

Tvos

Watchos

References · 21

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06321 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40412 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40412 · Security Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.240495 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932 · Note