Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-26763
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in watchOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.9% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.9%top 9.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.4. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · 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
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC