CVE-2023-41989: Medium severity apple macos vulnerability

Published Oct 25, 2023
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Updated

Accounts. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

Other sources

AppleEvents. This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

— Apple

Archive Utility. A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.

— Apple

Assets. An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files.

— Apple

Automation. The issue was addressed with improved checks.

— Apple

AVEVideoEncoder. This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

— Apple

Credit

Jewel Lambert, Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h, Yann GASCUEL(Alter Solutions), Anthony Cruz Tyrant Corp@@App, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM, Junsung Lee, an anonymous researcher, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken@@elvanderb(Synacktiv), CVE-2023-42893, CVE-2023-3618, CVE-2020-19185, CVE-2020-19186, CVE-2020-19187, CVE-2020-19188, CVE-2020-19189, CVE-2020-19190, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit(Offensive Security), (Offensive Security), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(OffSec), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat(Dawn Security Lab of JingDong), CVE-2023-5344, Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Kirin@@Pwnrin, Noah Roskin-Frazee, Pr

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS<14.1
14.1
macOS<12.7.2
12.7.2
macOS Ventura<13.6.3
13.6.3
macOS>=14.0<14.1

Event History

Oct 25, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:32 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:32 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Dec 11, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Parent advisories

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2023-41989.

2

What is the title of the vulnerability?

The title of the vulnerability is 'Emoji. The issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.'

3

How was the vulnerability addressed?

The vulnerability was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.

4

Which software version is affected?

The macOS Sonoma version up to exclusive 14.1 is affected.

5

What is the severity of CVE-2023-41989?

The severity of CVE-2023-41989 is not specified.

6

How can I fix CVE-2023-41989?

You can fix CVE-2023-41989 by updating to macOS Sonoma 14.1.

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