What is CVE-2023-29487?

CVE-2023-29487 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-29487?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Macos

CVE-2023-29487

An issue was discovered in Heimdal Thor agent versions 3.4.2 and before on Windows and 2.6.9 and before on macOS, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the Threat To Process Correlation threat prevention module. NOTE: Hei…

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (46.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2023-29487?: CVE-2023-29487 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-29487?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.