PT-2025-16125 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2023-09-18 · Updated 2025-04-11 · CVE-2023-42981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

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

Description: Processing a file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents. The issue was addressed with improved checks.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 14, update to macOS 14 to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05145

CVE-2023-42981

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/120950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42981 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05145 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/ru-ru/120950 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/22755 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1910733559536517436 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/21434 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1910730089484177408 · Twitter Post