CVE-2024-23268 (GCVE-0-2024-23268)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-08 01:35 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:26
VLAI?
Summary
An injection issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. An app may be able to elevate privileges.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CWE
- An app may be able to elevate privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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Nomenclature
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