CVE-2023-42893 (GCVE-0-2023-42893)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-28 15:39 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:23
VLAI?
Summary
A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.6.3, iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2, iOS 16.7.3 and iPadOS 16.7.3, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2. An app may be able to access protected user data.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- An app may be able to access protected user data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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| Apple | iOS and iPadOS |
Affected:
unspecified , < 17.2
(custom)
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Nomenclature
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