CVE-2022-32788 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0134.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35854	A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-09-20T20:19:07.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-28T15:49:51.074Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32788

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:46:45.277Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T21:15:10.537

Modified: 2025-05-28T16:15:23.463

Link: CVE-2022-32788

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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