CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-28981
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.8, macOS Sonoma 14.8.8, macOS Tahoe 26.6. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-120","description":"CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution","lang":"en"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"macOS","vendor":"Apple","versions":[{"lessThan":"14.8.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"15.7.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"26.6","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-120","description":"CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution","lang":"en"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/128071"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/128072"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bde2f19f6d36d548b752d0b7889d210b78eea65939bf9b868b638d7a07ea6e29 · sha256:b12f95375e6d1584… · /containers/cna/references/2
Attribution and limitations
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