Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32898

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 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.3% 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 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 13
Apple macOS unspecified – before 16
Apple macOS unspecified – before 15.7
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 9

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