PT-2022-7250 · Apple · Apple Macos

Simo36 · Published 2022-10-24 · Updated 2025-06-17 · CVE-2022-46721

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 macOS versions prior to 13

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the Apple Neural Engine component of the macOS operating system, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. This is due to improper memory handling. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions prior to 13, update to macOS Ventura 13 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive operations until the update is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-00953

CVE-2022-46721

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46721 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-00953 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-46721 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67746 · Telegram Post
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102853 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125981 · Telegram Post