CVE-2023-42974: Race Condition
First published: Mon Dec 11 2023(Updated: )
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.
Credit: Pan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG PtePan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG PtePan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG PtePan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG PtePan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG Pte product-security@apple.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS | <16.7.3 | 16.7.3 |
| Apple iPadOS | <16.7.3 | 16.7.3 |
| Apple macOS Ventura | <13.6.3 | 13.6.3 |
| Apple macOS Sonoma | <14.2 | 14.2 |
| Apple macOS Monterey | <12.7.2 | 12.7.2 |
| Apple iOS | <17.2 | 17.2 |
| Apple iPadOS | <17.2 | 17.2 |
| Apple Ipad Os | <16.7.3 | |
| Apple iPadOS | >=17.0<17.2 | |
| Apple iPhone OS | <16.7.3 | |
| Apple iPhone OS | >=17.0<17.2 | |
| Apple macOS | >=12.0<12.7.2 | |
| Apple macOS | >=13.0<13.6.3 | |
| Apple macOS | >=14.0<14.2 |
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Reference Links
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035 (Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034 (Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038 (Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037 (Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036 (Advisory)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214035
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2023-42919
- CVE-2023-42896
- CVE-2023-42884
- CVE-2023-42962
- CVE-2023-42922
- CVE-2023-42899
- CVE-2023-42974
- CVE-2023-42914
- CVE-2023-42893
- CVE-2023-42883
- CVE-2023-42917
- CVE-2023-42916
- CVE-2023-42894
- CVE-2023-42924
- CVE-2023-42952
- CVE-2023-42886
- CVE-2023-42931
- CVE-2023-41989
- CVE-2023-42892
- CVE-2023-42834
- CVE-2023-42891
- CVE-2023-3618
- CVE-2020-19185
- CVE-2020-19186
- CVE-2020-19187
- CVE-2020-19188
- CVE-2020-19189
- CVE-2020-19190
- CVE-2023-42838
- CVE-2023-42836
- CVE-2023-42936
- CVE-2023-42930
- CVE-2023-42932
- CVE-2023-42947
- CVE-2023-5344
- CVE-2023-42874
- CVE-2023-42937
- CVE-2023-42901
- CVE-2023-42902
- CVE-2023-42912
- CVE-2023-42903
- CVE-2023-42904
- CVE-2023-42905
- CVE-2023-42906
- CVE-2023-42907
- CVE-2023-42908
- CVE-2023-42909
- CVE-2023-42910
- CVE-2023-42911
- CVE-2023-42926
- CVE-2023-42882
- CVE-2023-42881
- CVE-2023-45866
- CVE-2023-42900
- CVE-2023-38545
- CVE-2023-38039
- CVE-2023-38546
- CVE-2023-42898
- CVE-2023-42888
- CVE-2023-42887
- CVE-2023-40390
- CVE-2023-42842
- CVE-2023-42913
- CVE-2023-40389
- CVE-2023-42890
- CVE-2023-42950
- CVE-2023-42956
- CVE-2023-42941
- CVE-2023-42923
- CVE-2023-42897
- agent/weakness
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/type
- agent/description
- collector/apple-support
- source/Apple
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/author
- agent/references
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/event
- collector/nvd-api
- source/NVD
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/trending
- vendor/apple
- canonical/apple ios
- canonical/apple ipados
- canonical/apple macos ventura
- canonical/apple macos sonoma
- canonical/apple macos monterey
- canonical/apple ipad os
- version/apple ipados/17.0
- canonical/apple iphone os
- version/apple iphone os/17.0
- canonical/apple macos
- version/apple macos/12.0
- version/apple macos/13.0
- version/apple macos/14.0