CVE-2023-42886 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Monterey 12.7.2. A user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 13.6

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.7

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Macos Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/10
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/11
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-12-12T00:27:27.048Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:23:11.557Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.459Z

Link: CVE-2023-42886

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-12T01:15:11.430

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:53.393

Link: CVE-2023-42886

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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