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OS X update for Graphics Drivers (CVE-2023-42959)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jul 17, 2024

Added

Jul 17, 2024

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution

apple-osx-upgrade-14

References

CVE-2023-42959
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-42959
CWE-362
EUVD-EUVD-2023-47380
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-47380
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

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