CVE-2023-38616: Race Condition
Published Jul 24, 2023
·Updated
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.
Credit
ABC Research s.r.o., Kirin@@Pwnrin, pattern-f@@pattern_F_(Ant Security Light), Mohamed GHANNAM@@_simo36, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Erhad Husovic, Sei K., CVE-2023-28319, CVE-2023-28320, CVE-2023-28321, CVE-2023-28322, Kirin@@Pwnrin(SecuRing), (SecuRing), Bool(YunShangHuaAn), found by OSS-Fuzz, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), 香农的三蹦子(Pangu Lab), an anonymous researcher, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng@@peternguyen14(STAR Labs SG Pte), Certik Skyfall Team, Kaitao Xie(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Valentin Pashkov(Kaspersky), Mikhail Vinogradov(Kaspersky), Georgy Kucherin@@kucher1n(Kaspersky), Leonid Bezvershenko@@bzvr_(Kaspersky), (Kaspersky), Boris Larin@@oct0xor(Kaspersky), Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Noah Roskin-Frazee, Taavi Eomäe(Zone Media O), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), (Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), CVE-2023-1916, Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Emanuele Cozzi(Microsoft), (Microsoft), Michael Pearse(Microsoft), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Sandipan Roy, James Duffy (mangoSecure), Michael Cowell, David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Wenchao Li(Hangzhou Orange Shield Information Technology Co), Xiaolong Bai(Hangzhou Orange Shield Information Technology Co), Ltd., CVE-2023-1801, Matthew Loewen, CVE-2023-2426, CVE-2023-2609, CVE-2023-2610, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Pr, Yishu Wang, Adam M., Johan Carlsson (joaxcar), Narendra Bhati (twitter.com/imnarendrabhati)(Suma Soft Pvt), Pune - India, Hritvik Taneja, Jason Kim, Jie Jeff Xu, Stephan van Schaik, Daniel Genkin, Yuval Yarom, Pune - India(TU Wien), Valentino Dalla Valle(TU Wien), Pedro Bernardo(TU Wien), Marco Squarcina(TU Wien), (TU Wien), Lorenzo Veronese(TU Wien), Yuhao Hu, Jiming Wang, Jikai Ren, Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Junsung Lee, Apple, 이준성(Junsung Lee)(Cross Republic), YeongHyeon Choi@@hyeon101010
Affected Software
2 affected componentsFixes available
macOS Ventura<13.5
13.5
macOS<13.5
Event History
Jul 24, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Sep 6, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:48 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:48 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2023-38616?
The severity of CVE-2023-38616 is high.
2
How does CVE-2023-38616 impact macOS Ventura?
CVE-2023-38616 allows an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on macOS Ventura 13.5.
3
Is CVE-2023-38616 fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5?
Yes, CVE-2023-38616 is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.5.
4
How can I fix CVE-2023-38616?
To fix CVE-2023-38616, update your macOS Ventura to version 13.5 or higher.
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What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2023-38616?
The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2023-38616 is CWE-362.