Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2023-40436
Published: September 26, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81159
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40436
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in IOAcceleratorFamily. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the kernel.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2023-40436
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 14.0 23A344