Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-32788

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.7, tvOS 15.6, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, macOS Monterey 12.5. A remote user may be able to cause kernel code execution.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./tvOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
=15.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =15.6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: =15.6
Apple Inc./watchOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
=8.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =8.7
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: =12.5
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: =15.6
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213340nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213342nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213346nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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