CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-22674

5.5 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2022-05-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability — Apple macOS

macOS Monterey contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow an application to read kernel memory.

Added to KEV
2022-04-04
Remediation due
2022-04-25
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22674
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-05-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3.1, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (>= 10.15 < 10.15.7) • apple mac os x 10.15.7 • apple macos (>= 11.0 < 11.6.6) • apple macos (>= 12.0.0 < 12.3.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References