Apple macOS Memory Corruption (improved state mgmt) fixed in Monterey 12.4
CVE-2022-26758 Published on June 10, 2026
A malicious application may cause unexpected changes in memory shared between processes. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-26758 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program 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.
CVE-2022-26758 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-26758
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Affected Versions
Apple macOS Monterey:- Before 12.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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