High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-42974
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
9cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.7.3
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=17.0,<17.2
- (no CPE)range: 17.2, 16.7.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=12.0,<12.7.2
- (no CPE)range: Monterey 12.7.2, Ventura 13.6.3, Sonoma 14.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: 17.2, 16.7.3
- Range: unspecified
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References
8- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214036nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214037nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214038nvd
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