CVE-2023-42959

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 14
applemac_os< 14

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 29, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2023-42959: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix