CVE-2023-23523: Buffer Overflow
Published Mar 27, 2023
·Updated
A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4. Photos belonging to the Hidden Photos Album could be viewed without authentication through Visual Lookup
Other sources
Accessibility. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
— Apple
AMD. A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
AMD. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
— Apple
App Store. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
— Apple
Apple Neural Engine. An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
— Apple
Credit
developStorm, Adam M., Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), an anonymous researcher, Jubaer Alnazi(TRS Group of Companies), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), ryuzaki, Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM(Mbition Mercedes), jzhu(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs SG Pte), Zechao Cai@@Zech4o(Zhejiang University), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), sqrtpwn, Félix Poulin-Bélanger, David Pan Ogea, an anonymous researcher(Red Canary), Brandon Dalton@@partyD0lphin(Red Canary), Milan Tenk(F), (F), Arthur Valiev(F), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal), Zhuowei Zhang, Anton Spivak, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Jubaer Alnazi Jabin(TRS Group Of Companies), (Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Xin Huang@@11iaxH, Gertjan Franken(imec), KU Leuven, hazbinhotel(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Hyeon Park@@tree_segment(Team ApplePIE), Georgy Kucherin@@kucher1n(Kaspersky), Leonid Bezvershenko@@bzvr_(Kaspersky), Boris Larin@@oct0xor(Kaspersky), (Kaspersky), Valentin Pashkov(Kaspersky), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), crixer@@pwning_me(SSD Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Itay Iellin(General Motors Product Cyber Security), Etienne Charron(Renault), Khadim Dieng(Renault), JeongOhKyea, Jianjun Dai(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Guang Gong(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Mohamed GHANNAM@@_simo36, Mohamed GHANNAM, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Rıza Sabuncu@@rizasabuncu, Joshua Jones, Khiem Tran, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(FFRI Security Inc), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), (Offensive Security), Masahiro Kawada@@kawakatz(GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0051, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433, CVE-2023-0512, Aleksandar Nikolic(Cisco Talos), Mikko Kenttälä )@@Turmio_(SensorFu), Murray Mike, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Ned Williamson(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o., Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Chan Shue Long(Offensive Security), Junoh Lee at Theori, CVE-2022-43551, CVE-2022-43552
Affected Software
6 affected componentsFixes available
macOS Ventura<13.3
13.3
Apple iOS and iPadOS<16.4
16.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.4
16.4
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<16.4
iPhone OS<16.4
macOS<13.3
Event History
Mar 27, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
May 8, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
08:15 PM
Description
Parent advisories
This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2023-32436
- CVE-2023-27968
- CVE-2023-28209
- CVE-2023-28210
- CVE-2023-28211
- CVE-2023-28212
- CVE-2023-28213
- CVE-2023-28214
- CVE-2023-28215
- CVE-2023-32356
- CVE-2023-23532
- CVE-2023-23527
- CVE-2023-27931
- CVE-2023-28179
- CVE-2023-42830
- CVE-2023-27951
- CVE-2023-27961
- CVE-2023-23543
- CVE-2023-23534
- CVE-2023-27955
- CVE-2023-27936
- CVE-2023-40398
- CVE-2023-28181
- CVE-2023-32426
- CVE-2022-43551
- CVE-2022-43552
- CVE-2023-27934
- CVE-2023-28180
- CVE-2023-27935
- CVE-2023-27953
- CVE-2023-27958
- CVE-2023-40433
- CVE-2023-28190
- CVE-2023-23537
- CVE-2023-28195
- CVE-2023-27956
- CVE-2023-32366
- CVE-2023-27937
- CVE-2023-23526
- CVE-2023-27928
- CVE-2023-27939
- CVE-2023-27947
- CVE-2023-27948
- CVE-2023-42862
- CVE-2023-42865
- CVE-2023-23535
- CVE-2023-27929
- CVE-2023-27946
- CVE-2023-27957
- CVE-2023-32378
- CVE-2023-28187
- CVE-2023-27941
- CVE-2023-28199
- CVE-2023-23536
- CVE-2023-23514
- CVE-2023-27969
- CVE-2023-27933
- CVE-2023-28200
- CVE-2023-27943
- CVE-2023-23525
- CVE-2023-40383
- CVE-2023-41075
- CVE-2023-28189
- CVE-2023-28197
- CVE-2023-27950
- CVE-2023-27949
- CVE-2023-28182
- CVE-2023-23538
- CVE-2023-27962
- CVE-2023-23523
- CVE-2023-27942
- CVE-2023-32362
- CVE-2023-27952
- CVE-2023-23533
- CVE-2023-28178
- CVE-2023-27966
- CVE-2023-27963
- CVE-2023-23542
- CVE-2023-28192
- CVE-2023-28188
- CVE-2023-0049
- CVE-2023-0051
- CVE-2023-0054
- CVE-2023-0288
- CVE-2023-0433
- CVE-2023-0512
- CVE-2023-32370
- CVE-2023-28198
- CVE-2023-32435
- CVE-2023-27932
- CVE-2023-27954
- CVE-2014-1745
- CVE-2023-32358
- CVE-2023-28201
- CVE-2023-27944
- CVE-2023-23541
- CVE-2023-23540
- CVE-2023-27959
- CVE-2023-27970
- CVE-2023-23494
- CVE-2023-23528
- CVE-2023-28185
- CVE-2023-32424
- CVE-2022-46724
- CVE-2023-28194
- CVE-2022-46725
- CVE-2022-46705
- CVE-2023-28207
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2023-23523.
2
What is the severity of CVE-2023-23523?
The severity of CVE-2023-23523 is low (3.3).
3
How does CVE-2023-23523 affect macOS Ventura?
MacOS Ventura 13.3 is affected by CVE-2023-23523.
4
How does CVE-2023-23523 affect iOS and iPadOS?
iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 are affected by CVE-2023-23523.
5
How can CVE-2023-23523 be fixed?
CVE-2023-23523 can be fixed by updating to macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4, or iPadOS 16.4.