Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-22665

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 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.3

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213185 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213184 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255 x_refsource_CONFIRM
20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-4 Security Update 2022-004 Catalina mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC