CVE-2023-41979

Published: Sep 27, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.7

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Macos

Apple

1 product

Macos

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Macos	Before 14.0

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (5)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3

Source: product-security@apple.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213940

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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