01 Record
CVE-2023-38616
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. 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
- 0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 4.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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
- 2023-09-06 20:48Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-26 17:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6995898fc7ce7b65252d63edc6d041592fd7299183d1d6573c55c0b2e607e0d2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843