PT-2022-18059 · Apple · Apple Macos

Jeonghoon Shin · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2022-06-08 · CVE-2022-26756

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 11.6.6 macOS versions prior to 12.4 macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2022-004

Description An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue allows an application to potentially 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 to resolve the issue. For macOS Monterey, update to version 12.4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-26756

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 10

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26756 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/30812 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/43455 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26756 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102871 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102873 · Note