CVE-2023-40404

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

Apple · macOS

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 66th percentile

Published

2023-10-25

Updated

2025-02-13

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• geniuszly/GenEtherExploit6★ · 2024-09-30
• geniuszlyy/GenEtherExploit6★ · 2024-09-30

Security advisories

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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-7269
• CVE-2019-9193
• CVE-2020-15916
• CVE-2022-2414
• CVE-2022-44149
• CVE-2022-45701