About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.2 - Apple Support

Linked CVE reports

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• CVE-2023-42896An issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files
• CVE-2023-42974A race condition was addressed with improved state handling
• CVE-2023-42947A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation
• CVE-2023-42936This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information
• CVE-2023-42932A logic issue was addressed with improved checks
• CVE-2023-42931The issue was addressed with improved checks
• CVE-2023-42930This issue was addressed with improved checks
• CVE-2023-42922This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information
• CVE-2023-42919A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries
• CVE-2023-42914The issue was addressed with improved memory handling
• CVE-2023-42899The issue was addressed with improved memory handling
• CVE-2023-42894This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information
• CVE-2023-42893A permissions issue was addressed by removing vulnerable code and adding additional checks
• CVE-2023-42892A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
• CVE-2023-42891An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management
• CVE-2023-42886An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking
• CVE-2023-42838An access issue was addressed with improvements to the sandbox
• CVE-2023-42836An attacker may be able to access connected network volumes mounted in the home directory
• CVE-2023-42834A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of files
• CVE-2023-5344Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
• CVE-2023-3618Segmentation fault in fax3encode in libtiff/tif_fax3.c
• CVE-2023-41989An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code as root from the Lock Screen
• CVE-2020-19186Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c:66 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command
• CVE-2020-19189Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_terminfo function in tinfo/parse_entry.c:997 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command
• CVE-2020-19190Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry in tinfo/comp_hash.c:70 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command
• CVE-2020-19188Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1116 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command
• CVE-2020-19185Buffer Overflow vulnerability in one_one_mapping function in progs/dump_entry.c:1373 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command
• CVE-2020-19187Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1100 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command

Source and provenance

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