CVE-2023-27934 Memory corruption in macOS

What is CVE-2023-27934?

CVE-2023-27934 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 8 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A memory initialization issue was addressed. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, macOS Monterey 12.6.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-665, CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27934?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27934?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27934 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-27934 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27934 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qc7j-6rvc-fxhf.