CVE-2023-42974

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

History

04 Nov 2025, 20:17

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

Information

Published : 2024-03-28 16:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2023-42974

Mitre link : CVE-2023-42974

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-42974

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

ipad_os
iphone_os
macos
ipados

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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