CVE-2023-42892

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Mar 28, 2024
Updated: Nov 4, 2025
Reserved: Sep 14, 2023

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

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 13.6Affected
macOSApple	before 12.7Affected
macOSApple	before 14.2Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036

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