CVE-2023-42882

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

T

he issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2. Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176536/macOS-AppleVADriver-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176536/macOS-AppleVADriver-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 20:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 -

21 Nov 2024, 08:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176536/macOS-AppleVADriver-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry~~	() http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176536/macOS-AppleVADriver-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References	~~() http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2023-12-12 01:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 20:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-42882

Mitre link : CVE-2023-42882

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-42882

JSON object : View

Products Affected

macos

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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