Apple macOS up to 13.3 ImageIO buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 13.3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ImageIO. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-32384. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 13.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/18/2023 by Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitsmm working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative as HT213758 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-32384. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

Processing an image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Upgrading to version 13.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-36628). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 13.4

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05/08/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213758
Researcher: Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitsmm working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32384 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32384
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229453
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2023 07:07
Updated: 01/01/2026 10:37
Changes: 05/20/2023 07:07 (20), 05/20/2023 07:10 (27), 06/14/2023 14:52 (1), 01/01/2026 10:37 (16)
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