CVE-2023-42940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A session rendering issue was addressed with improved session tracking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.2.1. A user who shares their screen may unintentionally share the incorrect content.

Published: 2023-12-19

Score: 5.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00173.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/20
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214048
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214048

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214048

Tue, 06 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2023-12-19T21:13:43.351Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:17.650Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T19:05:11.471Z

Link: CVE-2023-42940

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:17:17.650Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-19T22:15:07.630

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:58.477

Link: CVE-2023-42940

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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