CVE-2023-40388

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. Safari may save photos to an unprotected location.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 14

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 27, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-40388: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix