cve-2023-38616
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-06 20:48
Modified
2024-09-26 17:44
Severity ?
Summary
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213843Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Version: unspecified   < 13.5
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