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CVE-2023-42898

Published: Dec 12, 2023

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2. Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	affected `unspecified - < 17.2`
Apple	tvOS	affected `unspecified - < 17.2`
Apple	macOS	affected `unspecified - < 14.2`
Apple	watchOS	affected `unspecified - < 10.2`

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214040

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214041

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

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/7

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12

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