CVE-2023-32401 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.6, macOS Big Sur 11.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.4. Parsing an office document may lead to an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213758
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213759
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213760

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2024-01-10T22:03:08.798Z

Updated: 2025-06-16T18:34:16.819Z

Reserved: 2023-05-08T22:31:41.825Z

Link: CVE-2023-32401

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:18:37.175Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T22:15:48.040

Modified: 2025-06-16T19:15:21.260

Link: CVE-2023-32401

Redhat

No data.

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