Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22586

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-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 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.2

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054 x_refsource_MISC