CVE-2023-40407 Denial of service in macOS

What is CVE-2023-40407?

CVE-2023-40407 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 26 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40407?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40407?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40407 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-2023-40407 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40407 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9cch-x9mm-53vw.