Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26721

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A memory initialization issue was addressed. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	Security Update - Catalina	unspecified – before 2022
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.4

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC