PT-2023-8345 · Apple · Ios+2

Mohamed Ghannam + 1 · Published 2023-09-26 · Updated 2025-05-15 · CVE-2023-42871

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 iOS versions prior to 17 iPadOS versions prior to 17

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the kernel of the operating system, which may allow an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This is due to improper memory handling.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 14, update to macOS Sonoma 14 to resolve the issue. For iOS versions prior to 17, update to iOS 17 to resolve the issue. For iPadOS versions prior to 17, update to iPadOS 17 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00534

CVE-2023-42871

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

References · 12

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00534 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42871 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67644 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1745211728684818720 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1745231903127408667 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023092664 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/122429 · Telegram Post