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CVE-2023-40436
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected…
Critical9.1EPSS 1.3%
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- apple
Description
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
- An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-40436)Record last updated .