CVE-2022-32818 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state.

Published: 2022-09-23

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35884	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00067.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-09-23T18:59:47.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T18:50:35.799Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32818

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.108Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T19:15:12.923

Modified: 2025-05-22T19:15:32.660

Link: CVE-2022-32818

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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