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CVE-2023-42874

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42874 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting macOS Sonoma 14.1 and earlier, where secure text fields could be displayed via the Accessibility Keyboard when a physical keyboard is used. With a CVSS score of 2.4, this issue has a physical attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to a limited disclosure of confidential information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Apple addressed this flaw with improved state management in macOS Sonoma 14.2.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.4LOW

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 228 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / kb/HT214036
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214036
Release NotesVendor Advisory