CVE-2022-32917

CVE-2022-32917 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 14, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 5, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apple has 96 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.

The issue was addressed with improved bounds checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, iOS 16, macOS Big Sur 11.7. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/39
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/40
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213443
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213444
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446