About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.3
This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.3.
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macOS Monterey 12.6.3
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime.
CVE-2023-23499: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)
curl
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Multiple issues in curl
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to curl version 7.86.0.
CVE-2022-42915
CVE-2022-42916
CVE-2022-32221
CVE-2022-35260
curl
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Multiple issues in curl
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to curl version 7.85.0.
CVE-2022-35252
dcerpc
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted Samba network share may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-23513: Dimitrios Tatsis and Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
DiskArbitration
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An encrypted volume may be unmounted and remounted by a different user without prompting for the password
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-23493: Oliver Norpoth (@norpoth) of KLIXX GmbH (klixx.com)
DriverKit
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-2022-32915: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)
Intel Graphics Driver
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-2023-23507: an anonymous researcher
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 memory handling.
CVE-2023-23516: Jordy Zomer (@pwningsystems)
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 memory handling.
CVE-2023-23504: Adam Doupé of ASU SEFCOM
Kernel
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to determine kernel memory layout
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-23502: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd. (@starlabs_sg)
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access mail folder attachments through a temporary directory used during compression
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2022-42834: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing
PackageKit
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-23497: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Screen Time
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access information about a user’s contacts
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2023-23505: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) and Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security
TCC
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2023-27931: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Weather
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-23511: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog), an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-23518: YeongHyeon Choi (@hyeon101010), Hyeon Park (@tree_segment), SeOk JEON (@_seokjeon), YoungSung Ahn (@_ZeroSung), JunSeo Bae (@snakebjs0107), Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of Team ApplePIE
CVE-2023-23517: YeongHyeon Choi (@hyeon101010), Hyeon Park (@tree_segment), SeOk JEON (@_seokjeon), YoungSung Ahn (@_ZeroSung), JunSeo Bae (@snakebjs0107), Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of Team ApplePIE
Windows Installer
Available for: macOS Monterey
Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2023-23508: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Additional recognition
Kernel
We would like to acknowledge Nick Stenning of Replicate for their assistance.
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