About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.4[2023-03/1]
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This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.4.
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Released March 27, 2023
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-23540: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A user may gain access to protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-23527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An archive may be able to bypass Gatekeeper
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27951: Brandon Dalton of Red Canary and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Importing a maliciously crafted calendar invitation may exfiltrate user information
Description: Multiple validation issues were addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2023-27961: Rıza Sabuncu (@rizasabuncu)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27955: JeongOhKyea
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27936: Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2023-27935: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-27953: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
CVE-2023-27958: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted plist may lead to an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27937: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-27946: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-23514: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab and Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-27933: sqrtpwn
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2023-28200: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27949: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A user in a privileged network position may be able to spoof a VPN server that is configured with EAP-only authentication on a device
Description: The issue was addressed with improved authentication.
CVE-2023-28182: Zhuowei Zhang
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-23538: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CVE-2023-27962: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27942: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-23533: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc., and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-28178: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2023-27963: Jubaer Alnazi Jabin of TRS Group Of Companies and Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-23542: an anonymous researcher
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-28192: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Multiple issues in Vim
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to Vim version 9.0.1191.
CVE-2023-0433
CVE-2023-0512
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with a new entitlement.
CVE-2023-27944: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
We would like to acknowledge Christian Mina for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge Alexandre Colucci (@timacfr) for their assistance.
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
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