PT-2022-21595 · Apple · Apple Macos+4

Published 2022-10-24 · Updated 2023-01-09 · CVE-2022-32940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple tvOS versions prior to 16.1 Apple iOS versions prior to 16.1 Apple iPadOS versions prior to 16 Apple macOS versions prior to Ventura 13 Apple watchOS versions prior to 9.1

Description The issue allows an app to potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This was addressed with improved bounds checks.

Recommendations For Apple tvOS versions prior to 16.1, update to tvOS 16.1 or later. For Apple iOS versions prior to 16.1, update to iOS 16.1 or later. For Apple iPadOS versions prior to 16, update to iPadOS 16 or later. For Apple macOS versions prior to Ventura 13, update to macOS Ventura 13 or later. For Apple watchOS versions prior to 9.1, update to watchOS 9.1 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-32940

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Tvos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32940 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-32940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32940 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102853 · Note