PT-2022-18072 · Apple · Apple Macos

CVE-2022-26772 · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2025-05-30

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 12.4

Description A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management, allowing an application to potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12.4, update to macOS Monterey 12.4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-26772

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26772 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26772 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/43453 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/124181 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102871 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26772 · Note