PT-2022-18026 · Apple · Apple Macos

Liu Long · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2022-06-08 · CVE-2022-26720

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to Monterey 12.4 macOS versions prior to Big Sur 11.6.6 macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-004

Description An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For macOS Catalina, apply Security Update 2022-004 to resolve the issue. For macOS Big Sur, update to version 11.6.6 or later to resolve the issue. For macOS Monterey, update to version 12.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-26720

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 9

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26720 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102871 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/31255 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102873 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26720 · Note