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CVE-2023-42856

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42856 is a memory handling vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Sonoma 14.1, Monterey 12.7.1, and Ventura 13.6.1. Processing a malicious file could lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 12.0, < 12.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 13.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/21
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213983
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213985
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213983
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213984
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213985
Release NotesVendor Advisory