CVE-2023-40307 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-40307: Privileges Memory Corruption (Out-of-bound write)

Weakness CWE-787
Published September 28, 2023
Last update September 23, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An attacker with standard privileges on macOS when requesting administrator privileges from the application can submit input which causes a buffer overflow resulting in a crash of the application. This could make the application unavailable and allow reading or modification of data.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 28, 2023 CVE published
September 23, 2024 Record updated