What is CVE-2023-42943?

CVE-2023-42943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-42943?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-42943 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Apple macOS

CVE-2023-42943

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (8.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Macos — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

iCMDdev/iCMDdev

References

product-security@apple.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42943?: CVE-2023-42943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-42943?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-42943 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.