CVE-2022-32842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to gain elevated 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 0.00034.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345

History

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

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-09-23T18:59:49.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T14:21:28.875Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32842

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:02.817Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T19:15:13.463

Modified: 2025-05-22T15:15:57.770

Link: CVE-2022-32842

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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