CVE-2022-32948 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Published: 2022-12-15

Score: 7.8 High

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

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 15.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	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-2022-36014	An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. 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.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-18T19:16:01.190Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32948

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.484Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-15T19:15:18.203

Modified: 2025-04-18T20:15:15.570

Link: CVE-2022-32948

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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