Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-26743
High 7.0
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 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An attacker that has already achieved code execution in macOS Recovery may be able to escalate to kernel privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC