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CVE-2023-42892

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42892 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Apple macOS Ventura 13.6.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2, and macOS Monterey 12.7.2. This flaw, addressed through improved memory management, could allow a local attacker to elevate their privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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, < 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
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 34th 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
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