CVE-2023-28209: Buffer Overflow
Published Mar 27, 2023
·Updated
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.
Other sources
AMD. A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
— Apple
AMD. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
— Apple
Credit
ABC Research s.r.o., Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Adam M., Brandon Dalton@@partyD0lphin(Red Canary), Chan Shue Long(Offensive Security), (Offensive Security), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Rıza Sabuncu@@rizasabuncu, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, JeongOhKyea, Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Junoh Lee at Theori, CVE-2022-43551, CVE-2022-43552, Aleksandar Nikolic(Cisco Talos), Mikko Kenttälä )@@Turmio_(SensorFu), Joshua Jones, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), an anonymous researcher, Jubaer Alnazi(TRS Group of Companies), jzhu(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM(Mbition Mercedes), ryuzaki, Murray Mike, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Félix Poulin-Bélanger, David Pan Ogea, Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Ned Williamson(Google Project Zero), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), sqrtpwn, an anonymous researcher(Red Canary), Milan Tenk(F), (F), Arthur Valiev(F), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Zhuowei Zhang, developStorm, Khiem Tran, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(FFRI Security Inc), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Masahiro Kawada@@kawakatz(GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae), Jubaer Alnazi Jabin(TRS Group Of Companies), (Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Xin Huang@@11iaxH, CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0051, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433, CVE-2023-0512, Gertjan Franken(imec), KU Leuven, hazbinhotel(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 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)
Affected Software
2 affected componentsFixes available
macOS Ventura<13.3
13.3
macOS>=13.0<13.3
Event History
Sep 6, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:36 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:36 AM
DescriptionWeakness
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-2023-28207
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID for this buffer overflow issue?
The vulnerability ID for this buffer overflow issue is CVE-2023-28209.
2
What is the severity level of CVE-2023-28209?
The severity level of CVE-2023-28209 is high with a CVSS score of 7.8.
3
What is the affected software for CVE-2023-28209?
The affected software for CVE-2023-28209 is macOS Ventura version up to 13.3.
4
How can an app exploit CVE-2023-28209?
An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory by exploiting CVE-2023-28209.
5
How can I fix CVE-2023-28209?
The buffer overflow issue in CVE-2023-28209 is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, so updating to that version will fix the vulnerability.