Vulnerability · Published Sep 20, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32788

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity buffer overflow 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 2.8% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)2.8%top 13.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.5
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 15.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.7
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.6

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 x_refsource_MISC