High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-42881

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2. Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: = 14.2
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT214036nvd

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