CVE-2023-28188 Denial of service in macOS
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service on macOS systems due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-28188?
CVE-2023-28188 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 6 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-28188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-28188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x8cf-frrm-7gfx.