Apple macOS Mail Drafts state issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Mail Drafts. This manipulation causes state issue. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-23498. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Mail Drafts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-371. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 01/23/2023 as HT213605 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-23498. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

The quoted original message may be selected from the wrong email when forwarding an email from an Exchange account

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27598). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: State issue
CWE: CWE-371
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Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/12/2023 🔍
01/23/2023 +11 days 🔍
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01/24/2023 +1 days 🔍
10/09/2025 +989 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213605
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219247
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2023 11:18
Updated: 10/09/2025 14:41
Changes: 01/24/2023 11:18 (12), 01/24/2023 11:19 (4), 01/24/2023 11:22 (28), 02/19/2023 08:46 (1), 10/09/2025 14:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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