PT-2023-5655 · Apple · Macos Monterey+7

Yiğit Can Yilmaz + 1 · Published 2023-09-21 · Updated 2023-10-12 · CVE-2023-40452

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS 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 macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the Sandbox component of the operating systems, allowing an app to overwrite arbitrary files. This is due to insufficient bounds checks. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 13.6, update to macOS Ventura 13.6 or later. For macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7, update to macOS Monterey 12.7 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 17, update to tvOS 17 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 10, update to watchOS 10 or later. For iOS versions prior to 17, update to iOS 17 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 17, update to iPadOS 17 or later. For macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14, update to macOS Sonoma 14 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06322

CVE-2023-40452

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Monterey

Macos Sonoma

Macos Ventura

Tvos

Watchos

References · 24

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40452 · Security Note
• 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://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40452 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06322 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/59329 · Telegram Post
• 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/3 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6 · Note