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CVE-2023-42974

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad Os: before 16.7.3 — fixed in 16.7.3
• Apple iPadOS: from 17.0 before 17.2 — fixed in 17.2
• Apple Iphone Os: before 16.7.3; from 17.0 before 17.2 — fixed in 16.7.3, 17.2
• Apple macOS: from 12.0 before 12.7.2; from 13.0 before 13.6.3; from 14.0 before 14.2 — fixed in 12.7.2, 13.6.3, 14.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Ipad Os 16.7.3; Apple iPadOS 17.2; Apple Iphone Os 16.7.3, 17.2; Apple macOS 12.7.2, 13.6.3, 14.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214034
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214035
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214036
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214037
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214038
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037

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