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CVE-2023-40409

Published: Sep 26, 2023

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6, tvOS 17, macOS Monterey 12.7, watchOS 10, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	affected `unspecified - < 17`
Apple	macOS	affected `unspecified - < 12.7`
Apple	macOS	affected `unspecified - < 13.6`
Apple	tvOS	affected `unspecified - < 17`
Apple	watchOS	affected `unspecified - < 10`

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213931

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213936

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213937

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/5

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/10

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/6

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/8

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/9

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