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CVE-2023-40404

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: 14.0

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213984
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984

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