Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-42898
CVE-2023-42898
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.
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Affected products
12Sonoma 14.2+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: Sonoma 14.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=14.0,<14.2
10.2+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 10.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.2
- Range: 17.2
unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.2
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/12nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/13nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214040nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214041nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214035nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214036nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214040nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214041nvd
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