Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-32796

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.0% 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 state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.5

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

References

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