High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-26742

Description

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: <12.4
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257nvdVendor Advisory

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