CVE-2022-32858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9. An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state.

Published: 2022-11-01

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	< 13

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16

Apple

watchOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 9

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35924	The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16, macOS Ventura 13, watchOS 9. 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 0.00069.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213486
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 20:15:00 +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 Iphone Os Macos Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T19:51:11.211Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-32858

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:54:02.825Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T20:15:17.997

Modified: 2025-05-06T20:15:19.690

Link: CVE-2022-32858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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