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CVE-2023-42886

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42886 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Sonoma, Ventura, and Monterey, fixed in versions 14.2, 13.6.3, and 12.7.2 respectively. This flaw, rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSSv3.1), could allow a local attacker to cause unexpected application termination or achieve arbitrary code execution without user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 13.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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

support.apple.com / kb/HT214036
support.apple.com / kb/HT214037
support.apple.com / kb/HT214038
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
Mailing List
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214036
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214037
Release NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT214038
Release NotesVendor Advisory