Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2024· Updated Nov 4, 2025

CVE-2023-42974

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Sonomallm-fuzzy
Range: <14.2
Apple Inc./macOS Venturallm-fuzzy
Range: <13.6.3
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: <12.7.2
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037mitre
support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038mitre

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