CVE-2022-32903 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16, iOS 16, 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 yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213486
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213487

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T03:28:41.162Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32903

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.159Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:18.963

Modified: 2025-05-06T04:16:04.027

Link: CVE-2022-32903

Redhat

No data.

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