PT-2022-15587 · Apple · Macos Catalina+7

Derrek · Published 2022-03-14 · Updated 2022-11-02 · CVE-2022-22638

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple tvOS versions prior to 15.4 Apple iOS versions prior to 15.4 Apple iPadOS versions prior to 15.4 Apple macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.5 Apple macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-003 Apple watchOS versions prior to 8.5 Apple macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.3

Description A null pointer dereference issue was addressed with improved validation, which may allow an attacker in a privileged position to perform a denial of service attack.

Recommendations For Apple tvOS versions prior to 15.4, update to tvOS 15.4 or later. For Apple iOS versions prior to 15.4, update to iOS 15.4 or later. For Apple iPadOS versions prior to 15.4, update to iPadOS 15.4 or later. For Apple macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.6.5, update to macOS Big Sur 11.6.5 or later. For Apple macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-003, apply Security Update 2022-003 or later. For Apple watchOS versions prior to 8.5, update to watchOS 8.5 or later. For Apple macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.3, update to macOS Monterey 12.3 or later.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-22638

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Big Sur

Macos Catalina

Macos Monterey

Tvos

Watchos

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22638 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213193 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102847 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22638 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102882 · Note