01 Record
CVE-2023-32377
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-09-26 20:15Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 19:16Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-05-08
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- b4faf345467723baa631733299d849e0200e9f89aaaccadd46fb7a88675a6f30
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940