CVE-2022-32840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.00073.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Macos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35906	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.

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

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00054}`	epss `{'score': 0.00103}`

Thu, 29 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-08-24T19:47:09.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T17:57:23.622Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:02.972Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-24T20:15:09.057

Modified: 2025-05-29T18:15:22.650

Link: CVE-2022-32840

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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