CVE-2023-42840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to access user-sensitive data.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213985
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213983 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00029}`	epss `{'score': 0.00039}`

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apple Apple macos
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Apple Apple macos

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-922
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-02-21T06:41:12.831Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:22:23.283Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.449Z

Link: CVE-2023-42840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:30:24.658Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-21T07:15:48.767

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:50.310

Link: CVE-2023-42840

Redhat

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