CVE-2023-42857

Published Oct 25, 2023
·
Updated

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

Credit

Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Noah Roskin-Frazee, Pr, Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Tomi Tokics@@tomitokics(iTomsn0w), CVE-2023-42823, Peter Nguyễn Vũ Hoàng@@peternguyen14(STAR Labs SG Pte), Adam M., Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @social.lol@@biscuit, JZ, an anonymous researcher, Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), inooo, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Grzegorz Riegel, Talal Haj Bakry(Mysk Inc), Tommy Mysk@@mysk_co(Mysk Inc), Bistrit Dahal, Mingxuan Yang@@PPPF00L(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), happybabywu(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Guang Gong(360 Vulnerability Research Institute), (360 Vulnerability Research Institute), Adis Alic, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Sam Lakmaker, Kirin@@Pwnrin(SecuRing), (Computer Science), Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, CVE-2023-42946, Ting Ding, James Mancz, Omar Shibli, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Harry Lewandowski, 이준성(Junsung Lee)(Cross Republic), 이준성(Junsung Lee), Pedro Ribeiro@@pedrib1337(Agile Information Security), Vitor Pedreira@@0xvhp_(Agile Information Security), Kacper Kwapisz@@KKKas_, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology Bhopal India)

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS<14.1
14.1
Apple iOS and iPadOS<17.1
17.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.1
17.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS<17.1
iPhone OS<17.1
macOS>=14.0<14.1

Event History

Oct 25, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:31 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:31 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2023-42857.

2

What is the title of this vulnerability?

The title of this vulnerability is 'Contacts. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.'

3

What is the description of this vulnerability?

The description of this vulnerability is 'A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1, and iPadOS 17.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.'

4

Which software versions are affected by this vulnerability?

This vulnerability affects macOS Sonoma up to version 14.1, iOS up to version 17.1, and iPadOS up to version 17.1.

5

How can I fix this vulnerability?

To fix this vulnerability, update your macOS Sonoma to version 14.1, iOS to version 17.1, or iPadOS to version 17.1.

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