About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
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macOS Ventura 13.5
Released July 24, 2023
Accounts
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-2023-40439: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Entry added December 21, 2023
AMD
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2023-38616: ABC Research s.r.o.
Entry added September 6, 2023
Apple Neural Engine
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-34425: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry added July 27, 2023
Apple Neural Engine
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-38580: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to determine a user’s current location
Description: A downgrade issue affecting Intel-based Mac computers was addressed with additional code-signing restrictions.
CVE-2023-36862: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
AppSandbox
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2023-32364: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
Assets
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2023-35983: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CFNetwork
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-2023-40392: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Entry added September 6, 2023
crontabs
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-42828: Erhad Husovic
Entry added December 21, 2023
CUPS
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A user in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-34241: Sei K.
Entry added July 27, 2023
curl
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Multiple issues in curl
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating curl.
CVE-2023-28319
CVE-2023-28320
CVE-2023-28321
CVE-2023-28322
Find My
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2023-32416: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
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-2023-40437: Kirin (@Pwnrin), and Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Entry added December 21, 2023
Grapher
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32418: Bool of YunShangHuaAn(云上华安)
CVE-2023-36854: Bool of YunShangHuaAn(云上华安)
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2022-3970: found by OSS-Fuzz
Entry added September 6, 2023
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)
Entry added September 6, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-38590: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Entry added July 27, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-38598: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
Entry added July 27, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-36495: 香农的三蹦子 of Pangu Lab
Entry added July 27, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-37285: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Entry added July 27, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-38604: an anonymous researcher
Entry added July 27, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-32734: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
CVE-2023-32441: Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng (@peternguyen14) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
CVE-2023-38261: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2023-38424: Certik Skyfall Team
CVE-2023-38425: Certik Skyfall Team
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-32381: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2023-32433: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
CVE-2023-35993: Kaitao Xie and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A user may be able to elevate privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-38410: an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify sensitive kernel state. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7.1.
Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-38606: Valentin Pashkov, Mikhail Vinogradov, Georgy Kucherin (@kucher1n), Leonid Bezvershenko (@bzvr_), and Boris Larin (@oct0xor) of Kaspersky
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-38603: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
libxpc
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-38565: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)
libxpc
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-38593: Noah Roskin-Frazee
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A S/MIME encrypted email may be inadvertently sent unencrypted
Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management of S/MIME encrypted emails.
CVE-2023-40440: Taavi Eomäe from Zone Media OÜ
Entry added December 21, 2023
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a 3D model may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-38258: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CVE-2023-38421: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), and Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated July 27, 2023
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing an image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-1916
Entry added December 21, 2023
Music
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2023-38571: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
Entry added July 27, 2023
ncurses
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-29491: Jonathan Bar Or of Microsoft, Emanuele Cozzi of Microsoft, and Michael Pearse of Microsoft
Entry added September 6, 2023
Net-SNMP
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-38601: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Entry added July 27, 2023
NSSpellChecker
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-32444: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Entry added July 27, 2023
OpenLDAP
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-2953: Sandipan Roy
OpenSSH
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access SSH passphrases
Description: The issue was addressed with additional restrictions on the observability of app states.
CVE-2023-42829: James Duffy (mangoSecure)
Entry added December 21, 2023
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences
Description: An injection issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-38609: Michael Cowell
Entry added July 27, 2023
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2023-38259: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-38564: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2023-38602: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Security
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to fingerprint the user
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-42831: James Duffy (mangoSecure)
Entry added December 21, 2023
Shortcuts
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A shortcut may be able to modify sensitive Shortcuts app settings
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2023-32442: an anonymous researcher
sips
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-32443: David Hoyt of Hoyt LLC
Software Update
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.
CVE-2023-42832: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Entry added December 21, 2023
SystemMigration
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32429: Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Hangzhou Orange Shield Information Technology Co., Ltd.
tcpdump
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-1801
Entry added December 21, 2023
Time Zone
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A user may be able to read information belonging to another user
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-32654: Matthew Loewen
Entry added July 27, 2023
Vim
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Multiple issues in Vim
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating Vim.
CVE-2023-2426
CVE-2023-2609
CVE-2023-2610
Entry added December 21, 2023
Voice Memos
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2023-38608: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit), Noah Roskin-Frazee and Prof. J. (ZeroClicks.ai Lab), Kirin (@Pwnrin), and Yishu Wang
Entry updated December 21, 2023
Weather
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to determine a user’s current location
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-38605: Adam M.
Entry added September 6, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary javascript code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 257824
CVE-2023-40397: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)
Entry added September 6, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A website may be able to bypass Same Origin Policy
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 256549
CVE-2023-38572: Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune - India
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A website may be able to track sensitive user information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 257822
CVE-2023-38599: Hritvik Taneja, Jason Kim, Jie Jeff Xu, Stephan van Schaik, Daniel Genkin, and Yuval Yarom
Entry added July 27, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a document may lead to a cross site scripting attack
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 257299
CVE-2023-32445: Johan Carlsson (joaxcar)
Entry added July 27, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
WebKit Bugzilla: 257331
CVE-2023-38592: Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune - India, Valentino Dalla Valle, Pedro Bernardo, Marco Squarcina, and Lorenzo Veronese of TU Wien
Entry added July 27, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 256865
CVE-2023-38594: Yuhao Hu
WebKit Bugzilla: 256573
CVE-2023-38595: an anonymous researcher, Jiming Wang, Jikai Ren
WebKit Bugzilla: 257387
CVE-2023-38600: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 258058
CVE-2023-38611: Francisco Alonso (@revskills)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 259231
CVE-2023-37450: an anonymous researcher
This issue was first addressed in Rapid Security Response macOS Ventura 13.4.1 (c).
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 257684
CVE-2023-42866: Francisco Alonso (@revskills) and Junsung Lee
Entry added December 21, 2023
WebKit Process Model
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 258100
CVE-2023-38597: 이준성(Junsung Lee) of Cross Republic
WebKit Web Inspector
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 256932
CVE-2023-38133: YeongHyeon Choi (@hyeon101010)
Additional recognition
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati) of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd, Pune - India for their assistance.
Entry added July 27, 2023
WebKit
We would like to acknowledge 이준성(Junsung Lee) of Cross Republic for their assistance.
Entry added December 21, 2023
WebRTC
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.