![]() Firefox version 94 includes a fix that reduces the memory leak, but the problem can still occur. “On macOS 12 Monterey, using a non-standard cursor size or colors causes a large memory leak in Firefox. Luckily, developers at Mozilla found a common denominator between all of the reports of memory leaks in Monterey: Every single user was using a non-standard mouse pointer. ![]() ![]() The cause was unknown, but the problem was clear: Something in macOS Monterey is wrong. Other users reported multiple instances of system alerts warning them that their computer had run out of memory, or warning that a particular app was consuming large amounts of memory. SEE: Feature comparison: Time tracking software and systems (TechRepublic Premium) Apps like Firefox, Control Center, Safari and others were eating up massive amounts of RAM (one user reported 20GB of RAM in use by Firefox on his 64GB M1X Mac). Users who installed macOS Monterey when it became generally available in late October started noticing some serious issues almost immediately out of the gate. What's hot at TechRepublicĬhatGPT cheat sheet: Complete guide for 2023Ħ best alternatives for 2023 (Free & Paid)ĬhatGPT is the fastest-growing area of interest for professional learners, Udemy reports The cause of a memory leak in Apple’s recently-released macOS Monterey that has been plaguing users since it’s early November release has been found, and while its effects can be devastating avoiding the bug will be simple for most users. ![]() This bug can crash a Mac, but luckily avoiding it is simple. If you're using anything but the default macOS cursor in Monterey, you've probably noticed some serious problems. Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code executionĬVE-2023-23518: YeongHyeon Choi Hyeon Park SeOk JEON YoungSung Ahn JunSeo Bae Dohyun Lee of Team ApplePIEĬVE-2023-23517: YeongHyeon Choi Hyeon Park SeOk JEON YoungSung Ahn JunSeo Bae Dohyun Lee of Team ApplePIEMacOS Monterey has a serious memory leak problem, and the cause has been found Impact: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferencesĬVE-2023-23511: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog), an anonymous researcher Impact: An app may be able to access information about a user’s contactsĭescription: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.ĬVE-2023-23505: Wojciech Regula of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) and Csaba Fitzl of Offensive Securityĭescription: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.ĬVE-2023-27931: Mickey Jin added May 11, 2023 Impact: An app may be able to gain root privileges Impact: An app may be able to access mail folder attachments through a temporary directory used during compressionĭescription: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.ĬVE-2022-42834: Wojciech Reguła of SecuRing Impact: An app may be able to determine kernel memory layoutĭescription: An information disclosure issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.ĬVE-2023-23502: Pan ZhenPeng of STAR Labs SG Pte. Impact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privilegesĭescription: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.ĬVE-2022-32915: Tommy Muir Graphics Driverĭescription: The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks.ĭescription: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.ĬVE-2023-23516: Jordy Zomer added May 11, 2023 Impact: An encrypted volume may be unmounted and remounted by a different user without prompting for the passwordĭescription: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.ĬVE-2023-23493: Oliver Norpoth of KLIXX GmbH () Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted Samba network share may lead to arbitrary code executionĭescription: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.ĬVE-2023-23513: Dimitrios Tatsis and Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Impact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive dataĭescription: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime.ĬVE-2023-23499: Wojciech Reguła of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog)ĭescription: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to curl version 7.86.0.ĭescription: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to curl version 7.85.0.
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