High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-42871

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
Sonoma 14+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: Sonoma 14
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: 17
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: 17
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213938nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213938nvd
support.apple.com/kb/HT213940nvd

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