PT-2023-7959 · Apple · Apple Macos+4

Junsung Lee + 2 · Published 2023-12-11 · Updated 2023-12-14 · CVE-2023-42899

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 versions prior to 14.2 macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6.3 macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7.2 iOS versions prior to 17.2 iOS versions prior to 16.7.3 iPadOS versions prior to 17.2 iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.3 watchOS versions prior to 10.2 tvOS versions prior to 17.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the ImageIO component of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code when processing an image. This is due to improper memory handling.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 14.2, update to macOS Sonoma 14.2. For macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.6.3, update to macOS Ventura 13.6.3. For macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.7.2, update to macOS Monterey 12.7.2. For iOS versions prior to 17.2, update to iOS 17.2. For iOS versions prior to 16.7.3, update to iOS 16.7.3. For iPadOS versions prior to 17.2, update to iPadOS 17.2. For iPadOS versions prior to 16.7.3, update to iPadOS 16.7.3. For watchOS versions prior to 10.2, update to watchOS 10.2. For tvOS versions prior to 17.2, update to tvOS 17.2.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-09043

CVE-2023-42899

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 28

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-09043 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN-new/VULN.2023-12-13.1.pdf · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42899 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/vuldb/status/1734498581560877282 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/7 · Note
• https://twitter.com/R00tkitSMM/status/1734282463541645314 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9 · Note