Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26764

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in watchOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An attacker that has already achieved kernel code execution may be able to bypass kernel memory mitigations.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 8.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.5
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 12.4
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 15.5

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC