CVE-2022-32840

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Aug 24, 2022
Updated: May 29, 2025
Reserved: Jun 9, 2022

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 12.5Affected
watchOSApple	before 8.7Affected
watchOSApple	before 15.6Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346

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