PT-2023-8347 · Apple · Apple Macos

Ivan Fratric · Published 2023-12-11 · Updated 2024-02-02 · CVE-2023-42882

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

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the AppleVA component of the macOS operating system, which can lead to arbitrary code execution when processing an image. This is due to improper memory handling.

Recommendations For versions prior to 14.2, update to macOS Sonoma 14.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the processing of images from untrusted sources until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00536

CVE-2023-42882

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/AkshatM1707/Automated-Exploitation-of-SQL-Injection · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00536 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42882 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/ksg93rd/status/1748361366526742855 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/akaclandestine/status/1748193558467613014 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023121146 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/63534 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/9810 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1734379205389906238 · Twitter Post
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176536/macOS-AppleVADriver-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html · Note