Vulnerability · Published Dec 15, 2022 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2022-46689
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity race condition 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 48.2% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)48.2%top 1.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC
Official description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213535
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213532
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213530
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213531
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213536
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213534
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213533
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-1 iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 mailing-list
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-2 iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2 mailing-list
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-6 macOS Big Sur 11.7.2 mailing-list
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-4 macOS Ventura 13.1 mailing-list
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-7 tvOS 16.2 mailing-list
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-5 macOS Monterey 12.6.2 mailing-list
- 20221220 APPLE-SA-2022-12-13-8 watchOS 9.2 mailing-list