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CVE-2023-40452: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able t...
CVE-2023-40452 · published 3 years ago
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.
What to do
- Update apple ipados to version 17.0 or later.
- Update apple iphone_os to version 17.0 or later.
- Update apple tvos to version 17.0 or later.
- Update apple watchos to version 10.0 or later.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| apple | ipados |
< 17.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | iphone_os |
< 17.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | macos |
>= 12.0.0, < 12.7 >= 13.0, < 13.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | tvos |
< 17.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | watchos |
< 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able t...
The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213931
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213932
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213936
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213937
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213938
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Timeline
Published27 Sep 2023
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2023-40452 · NVD
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