Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26756

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 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.3% 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 input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel 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