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CVE-2023-42892
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2,…
High7.8EPSS 0.19%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
- CWE-416 Use After Free (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (6)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 (opens in a new tab)
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-2023-42892)Record last updated .