ID

VAR-202302-1169

CVE

CVE-2023-23514

TITLE

Freed memory usage vulnerability in multiple Apple products

DESCRIPTION

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.4, iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1, macOS Ventura 13.2.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. apple's iPadOS , iOS , macOS Exists in a vulnerability related to the use of freed memory.Information is obtained, information is tampered with, and service operation is interrupted. (DoS) It may be in a state. iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1. Information about the security content is also available at https://support.apple.com/HT213670. AMD Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-27968: ABC Research s.r.o. Apple Neural Engine Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-23532: Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36) AppleMobileFileIntegrity Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A user may gain access to protected parts of the file system Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-23527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) AppleMobileFileIntegrity Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. CVE-2023-27931: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Archive Utility Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An archive may be able to bypass Gatekeeper Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-27951: Brandon Dalton of Red Canary and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security Calendar Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Importing a maliciously crafted calendar invitation may exfiltrate user information Description: Multiple validation issues were addressed with improved input sanitization. CVE-2023-27961: Rıza Sabuncu - twitter.com/rizasabuncu Camera Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A sandboxed app may be able to determine which app is currently using the camera Description: The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the observability of app states. CVE-2023-23543: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit) Carbon Core Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-23534: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) ColorSync Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-27955: JeongOhKyea CommCenter Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2023-28181: Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University curl Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Multiple issues in curl Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating curl. CVE-2022-43551 CVE-2022-43552 dcerpc Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed. CVE-2023-27934: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos dcerpc Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A user in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial-of-service Description: A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-28180: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos dcerpc Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. CVE-2023-27935: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos dcerpc Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-27953: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos CVE-2023-27958: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Display Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2023-27965: Proteas of Pangu Lab FaceTime Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data Description: A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data to a more secure location. CVE-2023-28190: Joshua Jones Find My Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. CVE-2023-23537: an anonymous researcher FontParser Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-27956: Ye Zhang of Baidu Security Foundation Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted plist may lead to an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2023-27937: an anonymous researcher iCloud Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A file from an iCloud shared-by-me folder may be able to bypass Gatekeeper Description: This was addressed with additional checks by Gatekeeper on files downloaded from an iCloud shared-by-me folder. CVE-2023-23526: Jubaer Alnazi of TRS Group of Companies Identity Services Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to access information about a user’s contacts Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. CVE-2023-27928: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security ImageIO Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-23535: ryuzaki ImageIO Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2023-27929: Meysam Firouzi (@R00tkitSMM) of Mbition Mercedes-Benz Innovation Lab and jzhu working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative ImageIO Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2023-27946: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) ImageIO Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-23514: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab, Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero CVE-2023-27969: Adam Doupé of ASU SEFCOM Kernel Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2023-27933: sqrtpwn Kernel Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. CVE-2023-27941: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) Kernel Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. CVE-2023-28200: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) LaunchServices Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Files downloaded from the internet may not have the quarantine flag applied Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-27943: an anonymous researcher, Brandon Dalton, Milan Tenk, and Arthur Valiev LaunchServices Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-23525: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Model I/O Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2023-27949: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) NetworkExtension Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A user in a privileged network position may be able to spoof a VPN server that is configured with EAP-only authentication on a device Description: The issue was addressed with improved authentication. CVE-2023-28182: Zhuowei Zhang PackageKit Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-23538: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) CVE-2023-27962: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Photos Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Photos belonging to the Hidden Photos Album could be viewed without authentication through Visual Lookup Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2023-23523: developStorm Podcasts Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-27942: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Safari Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking. CVE-2023-27952: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security Sandbox Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2023-23533: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc., and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security Sandbox Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2023-28178: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit) Shortcuts Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. CVE-2023-27963: Jubaer Alnazi Jabin of TRS Group Of Companies, and Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group System Settings Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. CVE-2023-23542: an anonymous researcher System Settings Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2023-28192: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes) TCC Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. CVE-2023-27931: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Vim Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Multiple issues in Vim Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to Vim version 9.0.1191. CVE-2023-0049 CVE-2023-0051 CVE-2023-0054 CVE-2023-0288 CVE-2023-0433 CVE-2023-0512 WebKit Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2023-27932: an anonymous researcher WebKit Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: A website may be able to track sensitive user information Description: The issue was addressed by removing origin information. CVE-2023-27954: an anonymous researcher XPC Available for: macOS Ventura Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox Description: This issue was addressed with a new entitlement. CVE-2023-27944: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) Additional recognition Activation Lock We would like to acknowledge Christian Mina for their assistance. AppleScript We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance. CFNetwork We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance. Control Center We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance. CoreServices We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance. dcerpc We would like to acknowledge Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos for their assistance. FaceTime We would like to acknowledge Sajan Karki for their assistance. file_cmds We would like to acknowledge Lukas Zronek for their assistance. Git We would like to acknowledge for their assistance. Heimdal We would like to acknowledge Evgeny Legerov of Intevydis for their assistance. ImageIO We would like to acknowledge Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM for their assistance. Mail We would like to acknowledge Chen Zhang, Fabian Ising of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Damian Poddebniak of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Tobias Kappert of Münster University of Applied Sciences, Christoph Saatjohann of Münster University of Applied Sciences, Sebast, and Merlin Chlosta of CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security for their assistance. NSOpenPanel We would like to acknowledge Alexandre Colucci (@timacfr) for their assistance. quarantine We would like to acknowledge Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc. for their assistance. Safari Downloads We would like to acknowledge Andrew Gonzalez for their assistance. WebKit We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance. WebKit Web Inspector We would like to acknowledge Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) and crixer (@pwning_me) of SSD Labs for their assistance. Wi-Fi We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance. macOS Ventura 13.3 may be obtained from the Mac App Store or Apple's Software Downloads web site: https://support.apple.com/downloads/ All information is also posted on the Apple Security Updates web site: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222. 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Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. Make sure you have an Internet connection and have installed the latest version of iTunes from https://www.apple.com/itunes/ iTunes and Software Update on the device will automatically check Apple's update server on its weekly schedule. When an update is detected, it is downloaded and the option to be installed is presented to the user when the iOS device is docked. We recommend applying the update immediately if possible. Selecting Don't Install will present the option the next time you connect your iOS device. The automatic update process may take up to a week depending on the day that iTunes or the device checks for updates. You may manually obtain the update via the Check for Updates button within iTunes, or the Software Update on your device. To check that the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad has been updated: * Navigate to Settings * Select General * Select About. The version after applying this update will be "iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1"

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THREAT TYPE

local

TYPE

resource management error

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Apple

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2023-12-18T11:52:26.989000+00:00

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