CVE-2023-28206

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Last Modified on: 05/08/2023 08:15:00 PM UTC

CVE-2023-28206

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Ipados from Apple contain the following vulnerability:

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.5, iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1, iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, macOS Big Sur 11.7.6, macOS Ventura 13.3.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

CVE-2023-28206 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
Affected Vendor/Software: Apple - iOS and iPadOS version < 15.7
Affected Vendor/Software: Apple - macOS version < 11.7
Affected Vendor/Software: Apple - macOS version < 12.6
Affected Vendor/Software: Apple - macOS version < 13.3
Affected Vendor/Software: Apple - macOS version < 16.4

CVSS3 Score: 8.6 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
LOCAL	LOW	NONE	REQUIRED
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
CHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 - Apple Support	Release Notes support.apple.com text/html	MISC support.apple.com/en-us/HT213725
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.5 - Apple Support	Release Notes support.apple.com text/html	MISC support.apple.com/en-us/HT213724
About the security content of iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5 - Apple Support	Release Notes support.apple.com text/html	MISC support.apple.com/en-us/HT213723
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.3.1 - Apple Support	Release Notes support.apple.com text/html	MISC support.apple.com/en-us/HT213721
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-04-10-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7.6	Mailing List Release Notes seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20230410 APPLE-SA-2023-04-10-3 macOS Big Sur 11.7.6
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-04-10-2 macOS Monterey 12.6.5	Mailing List Release Notes seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20230410 APPLE-SA-2023-04-10-2 macOS Monterey 12.6.5
About the security content of iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 - Apple Support	Release Notes support.apple.com text/html	MISC support.apple.com/en-us/HT213720
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-04-07-2 macOS Ventura 13.3.1	Mailing List Release Notes seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20230410 APPLE-SA-2023-04-07-2 macOS Ventura 13.3.1
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-04-10-1 iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5	Mailing List Release Notes seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20230410 APPLE-SA-2023-04-10-1 iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2023-04-07-1 iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1	Mailing List Release Notes seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20230410 APPLE-SA-2023-04-07-1 iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1

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Related QID Numbers

378364 Apple macOS Ventura 13.3.1 Not Installed (HT213721)
378376 Apple macOS Monterey 12.6.5 Not Installed (HT213724)
378377 Apple macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 Not Installed (HT213725)
610477 Apple iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 Security Update Missing (HT213720)
610478 Apple iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5 Security Update Missing (HT213723)

Exploit/POC from Github

Abusing CVE-2023-28206 to make something useful

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Apple	Ipados	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Apple	Iphone Os	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Apple	Macos	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@maddiestone	[email protected]_clem1 is at it again! Apple patched 2 new iOS in-the-wild 0days: CVE-2023-28205 in Safari and CVE-2023-28206 in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2023-04-07 19:00:11
@the_yellow_fall	Apple Users Face Two Actively Exploited 0-Day (CVE-2023-28205 & CVE-2023-28206) Flaws securityonline.info/apple-users-fa…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2023-04-07 19:23:54
@AcooEdi	Apple Users Face Two Actively Exploited 0-Day (CVE-2023-28205 & CVE-2023-28206) Flaws dlvr.it/Sm8VvT via s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2023-04-07 19:25:04
@theJoshMeister	@DonnchaC @AmnestyTech @_clem1 Nice work, all! ? Can you please comment on whether CVE-2023-28206 also affects macO… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2023-04-07 19:27:35
@macmacintosh	Blog更新しました(^_^）→ macOS 13.3.1 (22E261) リリース｡バグ修正､セキュリティFixとして積極的に悪用された可能性が有る脆弱性CVE-2023-28205/CVE-2023-28206に対処｡ ryomac.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-682…	2023-04-07 20:22:03
@ManagedGuard	Apple patched 2 new iOS in-the-wild 0days: CVE-2023-28205 in Safari and CVE-2023-28206 in IOSurfaceAccelerator support.apple.com/en-us/HT213720	2023-04-07 21:54:06
/r/ios	Only update security updates but not iOS version	2023-04-07 19:29:09
/r/Team_IT_Security	CVE-2023-28206 \| Apple iOS/iPadOS up to 16.4.0 IOSurfaceAccelerator out-of-bounds write (HT213720)	2023-04-07 22:06:38
/r/Team_IT_Security	CVE-2023-28206 \| Apple macOS up to 13.3.0 IOSurfaceAccelerator out-of-bounds write (HT213721)	2023-04-07 22:06:20
/r/k12cybersecurity	MS-ISAC CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Products Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution PATCH: NOW	2023-04-10 13:18:24