Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32785

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. Processing an image may lead to a denial-of-service.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.5
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 2022
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 15.6

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343 x_refsource_MISC