CVE-2024-23209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.3. Processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Published: 2024-01-23

Score: 8.8 High

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
`0`	affected	< 14.3

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00417.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/36
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120309
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214061
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214061

History

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/en-us/120309

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214061

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-23T00:25:25.374Z

Updated: 2026-04-02T18:19:15.961Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T22:22:21.476Z

Link: CVE-2024-23209

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:24:00.438Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T01:15:10.977

Modified: 2026-04-02T19:16:55.367

Link: CVE-2024-23209

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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