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CVE-2023-40397 (GCVE-0-2023-40397)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-06 20:48 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:07
VLAI
Summary
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary javascript code execution.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary javascript code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 13.5 (custom)
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