Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22651

High 7.5

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 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.5% 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 12.3. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.3

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213184 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 x_refsource_MISC