About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
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macOS Monterey 12.6.4
Released March 27, 2023
Apple Neural Engine
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-23540: Mohamed GHANNAM (@_simo36)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A user may gain access to protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-23527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Archive Utility
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An archive may be able to bypass Gatekeeper
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27951: Brandon Dalton (@partyD0lphin) of Red Canary and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Entry updated June 8, 2023
Calendar
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Importing a maliciously crafted calendar invitation may exfiltrate user information
Description: Multiple validation issues were addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2023-27961: Rıza Sabuncu (@rizasabuncu)
ColorSync
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to read arbitrary files
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27955: JeongOhKyea
CommCenter
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27936: Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University
CoreCapture
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-28181: Tingting Yin of Tsinghua University
Entry added June 8, 2023
dcerpc
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2023-27935: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
dcerpc
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed.
CVE-2023-27934: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Entry added June 8, 2023
dcerpc
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-27953: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
CVE-2023-27958: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Find My
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-23537: Adam M.
Entry added December 21, 2023
FontParser
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing a font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-32366: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
Entry added December 21, 2023
Foundation
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted plist may lead to an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27937: an anonymous researcher
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2023-27946: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-32378: Murray Mike
Entry added December 21, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27941: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
CVE-2023-28199: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Entry added June 8, 2023, updated December 21, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.
CVE-2023-23536: Félix Poulin-Bélanger and David Pan Ogea
Entry added June 8, 2023, updated December 21, 2023
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2023-23514: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab and Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-27933: sqrtpwn
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to disclose kernel memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2023-28200: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service
Description: An integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2023-28185: Pan ZhenPeng of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.
Entry added December 21, 2023
libpthread
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-41075: Zweig of Kunlun Lab
Entry added December 21, 2023
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to view sensitive information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-28189: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Entry added June 8, 2023
Messages
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.
CVE-2023-28197: Joshua Jones
Entry added December 21, 2023
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2023-27949: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
NetworkExtension
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A user in a privileged network position may be able to spoof a VPN server that is configured with EAP-only authentication on a device
Description: The issue was addressed with improved authentication.
CVE-2023-28182: Zhuowei Zhang
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-23538: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CVE-2023-27962: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Podcasts
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-27942: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Sandbox
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2023-23533: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Koh M. Nakagawa of FFRI Security, Inc., and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
Sandbox
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-28178: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)
Shortcuts
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: A shortcut may be able to use sensitive data with certain actions without prompting the user
Description: The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks.
CVE-2023-27963: Jubaer Alnazi Jabin of TRS Group Of Companies and Wenchao Li and Xiaolong Bai of Alibaba Group
System Settings
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-23542: Adam M.
Entry updated December 21, 2023
System Settings
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2023-28192: Guilherme Rambo of Best Buddy Apps (rambo.codes)
Vim
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Multiple issues in Vim
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to Vim version 9.0.1191.
CVE-2023-0433
CVE-2023-0512
XPC
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: This issue was addressed with a new entitlement.
CVE-2023-27944: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Additional recognition
Activation Lock
We would like to acknowledge Christian Mina for their assistance.
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) for their assistance.
CoreServices
We would like to acknowledge Mickey Jin (@patch1t) for their assistance.
NSOpenPanel
We would like to acknowledge Alexandre Colucci (@timacfr) for their assistance.
Wi-Fi
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.