CVE-2022-22674

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: May 26, 2022
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Jan 5, 2022

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 12.3Affected
macOSApple	before 2022Affected
macOSApple	before 11.6Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213220
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22674government-resource

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