apple macos CVE-2022-22675 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on May 26, 2022

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An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.4.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. macOS Monterey contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 25, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-22675 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2022-22675 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-22675

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