CVE-2022-32899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9. 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	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213486
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:15:27.623Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32899

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.141Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:18.917

Modified: 2025-05-05T17:18:15.470

Link: CVE-2022-32899

Redhat

No data.

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