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.

• CWE-362
• CWE-362

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038

Published

Mar 28, 2024

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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