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macOS Ventura 13.4
Released May 18, 2023
Accessibility
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-32388: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Accessibility
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Entitlements and privacy permissions granted to this app may be used by a malicious app
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32400: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Accounts
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An attacker may be able to leak user account emails
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-34352: Sergii Kryvoblotskyi of MacPaw Inc.
Entry added September 5, 2023
AMD
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-32379: ABC Research s.r.o.
Entry added September 5, 2023
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.
CVE-2023-32411: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to inject code into sensitive binaries bundled with Xcode
Description: This issue was addressed by forcing hardened runtime on the affected binaries at the system level.
CVE-2023-32383: James Duffy (mangoSecure)
Entry added December 21, 2023
Associated Domains
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32371: James Duffy (mangoSecure)
Contacts
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to observe unprotected user data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files.
CVE-2023-32386: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Core Location
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2023-32399: Adam M.
Entry updated September 5, 2023
CoreServices
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-28191: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CUPS
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An unauthenticated user may be able to access recently printed documents
Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-32360: Gerhard Muth
dcerpc
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-32387: Dimitrios Tatsis of Cisco Talos
DesktopServices
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32414: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Face Gallery
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An attacker with physical access to a locked Apple Watch may be able to view user photos or contacts via accessibility features
Description: This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.
CVE-2023-32417: Zitong Wu (吴梓桐) from Zhuhai No.1 High School (珠海市第一中学)
Entry added September 5, 2023
GeoServices
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-2023-32392: Adam M.
Entry updated September 5, 2023
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing an image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-32372: Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM of Mbition Mercedes-Benz Innovation Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry updated September 5, 2023
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-32384: Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitsmm working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
IOSurface
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-32410: hou xuewei (@p1ay8y3ar) vmk msu
IOSurfaceAccelerator
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-32420: CertiK SkyFall Team and Linus Henze of Pinauten GmbH (pinauten.de)
Entry updated September 5, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27930: 08Tc3wBB of Jamf
Kernel
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A sandboxed app may be able to observe system-wide network connections
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2023-27940: James Duffy (mangoSecure)
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-2023-32398: Adam Doupé of ASU SEFCOM
Kernel
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-2023-32413: Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken (@elvanderb) from Synacktiv (@Synacktiv) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
LaunchServices
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32352: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
libxml2
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Multiple issues in libxml2
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-29469: OSS-Fuzz, Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero
CVE-2023-42869: OSS-Fuzz, Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 21, 2023
libxpc
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 state management.
CVE-2023-32369: Jonathan Bar Or of Microsoft, Anurag Bohra of Microsoft, and Michael Pearse of Microsoft
libxpc
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32405: Thijs Alkemade (@xnyhps) from Computest Sector 7
MallocStackLogging
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2023-32428: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
Entry added September 5, 2023
Metal
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-32407: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman)
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a 3D model may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-32368: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CVE-2023-32375: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2023-32382: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing a 3D model may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-32380: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
NetworkExtension
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-32403: Adam M.
Entry updated September 5, 2023
NSURLSession
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improvements to the file handling protocol.
CVE-2023-32437: Thijs Alkemade from Computest Sector 7
Entry added September 5, 2023
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 state management.
CVE-2023-32355: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
PDFKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Opening a PDF file may lead to unexpected app termination
Description: A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-32385: Jonathan Fritz
Perl
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 state management.
CVE-2023-32395: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Photos
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Photos belonging to the Hidden Photos Album could be viewed without authentication through Visual Lookup
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32390: Julian Szulc
Quick Look
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Parsing an office document may lead to an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-32401: Holger Fuhrmannek of Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH on behalf of BSI (German Federal Office for Information Security)
Entry added December 21, 2023
Sandbox
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to retain access to system configuration files even after its permission is revoked
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-32357: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit), Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc., Kirin (@Pwnrin), Jeff Johnson (underpassapp.com), and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Screen Saver
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks.
CVE-2023-32363: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Security
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.
CVE-2023-32367: James Duffy (mangoSecure)
Share Sheet
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files.
CVE-2023-32432: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
Entry added September 5, 2023
Shell
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 state management.
CVE-2023-32397: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
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 improved checks.
CVE-2023-32391: Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group
Shortcuts
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.
CVE-2023-32404: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com), and an anonymous researcher
Siri
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A person with physical access to a device may be able to view contact information from the lock screen
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-32394: Khiem Tran
SQLite
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: This issue was addressed by adding additional SQLite logging restrictions.
CVE-2023-32422: Gergely Kalman (@gergely_kalman), and Wojciech Reguła of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
Entry updated June 2, 2023
StorageKit
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 entitlements.
CVE-2023-32376: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)
sudo
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to elevate privileges
Description: This issue was addressed by updating sudo.
CVE-2023-22809
Entry added September 5, 2023
System Settings
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app firewall setting may not take effect after exiting the Settings app
Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-28202: Satish Panduranga and an anonymous researcher
Telephony
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-32412: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
TV App
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.
CVE-2023-32408: Adam M.
Weather
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-32415: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog), and an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 255075
CVE-2023-32402: Ignacio Sanmillan (@ulexec)
Entry updated December 21, 2023
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 254781
CVE-2023-32423: Ignacio Sanmillan (@ulexec)
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 255350
CVE-2023-32409: Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group and Donncha Ó Cearbhaill of Amnesty International’s Security Lab
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
WebKit Bugzilla: 254930
CVE-2023-28204: an anonymous researcher
This issue was first addressed in Rapid Security Response macOS 13.3.1 (a).
WebKit
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
WebKit Bugzilla: 254840
CVE-2023-32373: an anonymous researcher
This issue was first addressed in Rapid Security Response macOS 13.3.1 (a).
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.
CVE-2023-32389: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Additional recognition
Accounts
We would like to acknowledge Sergii Kryvoblotskyi of MacPaw Inc. for their assistance.
CloudKit
We would like to acknowledge Iconic for their assistance.
Find My
We would like to acknowledge Abhinav Thakur, Artem Starovoitov, Hodol K, an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Entry added December 21, 2023
libxml2
We would like to acknowledge OSS-Fuzz, Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero for their assistance.
Reminders
We would like to acknowledge Kirin (@Pwnrin) for their assistance.
Rosetta
We would like to acknowledge Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc. for their assistance.
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Khiem Tran (databaselog.com) for their assistance.
Entry updated December 21, 2023
Security
We would like to acknowledge Brandon Toms for their assistance.
Share Sheet
We would like to acknowledge Kirin (@Pwnrin) for their assistance.
Wallet
We would like to acknowledge James Duffy (mangoSecure) for their assistance.
WebRTC
We would like to acknowledge Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of PK Security and an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
Entry added December 21, 2023
Wi-Fi
We would like to acknowledge Adam M. for their assistance.
Entry updated December 21, 2023