Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-26761
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, 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 |
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 x_refsource_MISC