CVE-2022-32811 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, Security Update 2022-005 Catalina. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-08-24T19:46:17.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T18:12:36.395Z

Reserved: 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-32811

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:02.302Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-24T20:15:08.723

Modified: 2025-05-29T19:15:23.860

Link: CVE-2022-32811

Redhat

No data.

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