What is CVE-2023-29486?

CVE-2023-29486 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-29486?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2023-29486

An issue was discovered in Heimdal Thor agent versions 3.4.2 and before 3.7.0 on Windows, allows attackers to bypass USB access restrictions, execute arbitrary code, and obtain sensitive information via Next-Gen Antivirus component. NOTE…

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29486?: CVE-2023-29486 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-29486?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.