High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-22661

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: <11.6.5
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: <12.3
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185nvdVendor Advisory

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