Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32832

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-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 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5, Security Update 2022-005 Catalina. An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.5
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 2022
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 15.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.7
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.6

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
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 x_refsource_MISC